Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Fox Theatre is hosting a Monsoon Literacy Celebration for children on July 11 and 12. The goal is to ...

The monsoon smell permeates the Sonoran Desert after the first showers of the season. The fragrance hangs in the air after a storm, and desert dwellers got their first whiff of it following this ...

The Sonoran Desert is typically hot and dry, but during the monsoon temperatures drop and humidity rises. Annie Kwartler The monsoon is not a storm, it's a seasonal shift in our winds that causes ...

The monsoon season is in full swing, and experts have some words of caution for pet owners, as a creature that secretes a deadly toxin emerges. Here's what you should know about the Sonoran Desert ...

The Sonoran Desert Toad, with glands secreting a venom rich in the hallucinogens 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin, is invading Arizona now that monsoon conditions have kicked in for the late summer.

What happens during a monsoon? This desert weather phenomenon can look very different in an urban environment such as Phoenix, compared with the saguaro-dense hills of the Sonoran Desert.

While several species can be found during monsoon, the one to be most cautious about is the Sonoran Desert Toad. “Those are usually a solid olive-green color,” Brown said.

A new study finds that severely hot and dry weather dramatically increased saguaro mortality at two ends of the Sonoran Desert in 2020 and 2021 and that generally, the health of saguaros and other ...

A pair of Sonoran Desert toads, Incilius alvarius, mating. Every summer, as monsoon rains fall over the American Southwest, the toads emerge from their underground burrows to eat and mate.