The California Fish and Game Commission has formally recognized the Mojave desert tortoise as endangered ... They feed on grasses, cacti, herbs and wildflowers. They hibernate for up to nine ...

He shoved a gloved hand at a Cholla cactus to demonstrate its vicious defences. He stood in a ring of Creosote bushes in the incredibly dry Mojave Desert, exactly where he stood 40 years ago ...

When you think of Arizona, the desert comes to mind ... Arizona’s most famous flowers include saguaro cactus blossoms, ...