Saguaro cactuses tower over Arizona's desert landscape ... According to Guinness World Records, the tallest cactus ever recorded was 78 feet tall. The armless giant growing in Cave Creek was ...

A 1970s proposal would have brought a 600-foot, neon saguaro cactus tower to Papago Park. Here's why it was suggested but ...

The cacti arrive in buckets and cardboard boxes, in truck beds and plastic cups. Some are prickly green knobs smaller than a fist; others are saguaros a few feet tall—miniature versions of the ...

In the Sonora Desert in Arizona, the saguaro cacti grow tall and live long. One cactus known to locals as "Strong-Arm" stood more than 40 feet high and had 34 arms. Strong-Arm lived an estimated ...

The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the approximately 100,000-square-mile desert for crested saguaros — the largest cactus in the US, which often grows over 40 feet tall and is adorned ...

Columnar cacti, on the other hand, have a tall, straight stem with ridges ... cacti can be used as food and water sources in desert habitats. Cactus fruits are often eaten fresh, and the flesh ...