October 2016 | Desert Botanical Garden

Month: October 2016

Cactus: Fifth Most-Threatened Group of Living Things

October 20, 2016

Coral reefs are known to be endangered. Images of colorless coral, vacant of living creatures, paired with pleas to help preserve the reefs, have been seen for years. In October 2015, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released the Red List of...

Monarch Butterflies and Milkweeds

October 13, 2016

Monarch butterflies are spotted in Arizona between October and April. While monarchs are not in Arizona year-round, the state is in the migration path for both the western and eastern populations of monarch butterflies. Annually, these iconic insects set out on a...

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