Arizona Desert

An endangered bat species has been detected in southeastern Arizona.

Buffelgrass is changing rocky terrain into grassland, providing a path for fire between decades old saguaro cactus that did not exist before.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department has 150 Sonoran Desert Tortoises in need of homes before the cool temperatures send the reptiles into a long sleep.

In May 2001-a group of 26 illegal immigrants from Mexico attempting to cross the U.S. Mexico Border were left to fend for themselves in the Arizona desert…