TUCSON, Ariz. • Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the ...

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

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

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.

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

Saguaro Creek K–8, part of the Vail Unified School District, will welcome kindergarten through 7th-grade students starting ...

While many celebrated the Fourth of July with barbecues and fireworks, 20 people from around the world gathered at Saguaro ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O'odham Nation, harvest time for the “bahidaj” is a sacred start ...