Soar above the rugged beauty of Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona, where the iconic saguaro cacti rise from the ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...

Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in ...

For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...

Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in ...

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D ...

On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens TUCSON, Ariz. -- Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the ...