Desert Laboratory featured on Field Notes: Gila Monsters on Arizona Illustrated Sept. 15, 2022 Read more Image
Saving the West's Most Iconic Cactus from Climate Change March 11, 2021 A warming world means an invasive grass is threatening the famous saguaro. Read more Image
Study Says Wild Crops Can Bolster Food Access in Arid Climates Oct. 6, 2020 A recent study from the University of Arizona finds wild desert crops could be the key to sustainable farming in arid conditions. Read more Image
Oral History Project Seeks “Tales from Tumamoc” March 20, 2020 What makes Tumamoc Hill special? UA scholars are asking the question and collecting the answers as part of Cuéntame Más: Tales From Tumamoc, a new oral history project now underway on Tumamoc Hill. Read more Image
Researchers Seek to Solve Decades-Long Baja California Peninsula Mystery Jan. 29, 2020 There’s something weird going on inside the plants and animals that call the Baja California peninsula home. Read more Image
Tumamoc Desert Lab revives century-old greenhouse Sept. 19, 2019 "The relaunching of the greenhouse is about ... the stories, both from the cultural side of what an important cultural landscape human space this is, but then also how much we've learned about the functioning, the dynamics, the ebbs and flows of the desert, over 100 years now," Wilder said. Read more Image
Topography Could Save Sensitive Saguaros as Climate Changes Sept. 10, 2019 By studying nearly five decades of data on more than 5,800 saguaros dotting Tumamoc Hill, researchers found that small variations in the hill’s topography might buffer saguaro populations from the impacts of climate change. Read more Image
How Tumamoc Hill balances popularity with preservation Nov. 11, 2018 Tumamoc Hill is a beloved Tucson landmark with an existential challenge: How to balance its popularity with hikers and its role as a living scientific laboratory. Read more
New director of Tumamoc Hill lab has big plans for research center, community landmark Sept. 29, 2018 As director, Ben Wilder hopes to not only honor the history of the hill—which stretches back thousands of years—but also re-establish it as a leader in desert ecology. Read more Image
New Journal Focused on Desert Discovery Dec. 2, 2017 Announcing the release of a new on-line, peer reviewed, open access journal, The Proceedings of the Desert Laboratory, a scholarly endeavor aiming to continue the over 100 years of foundational desert research on Tumamoc Hill. Read more Image
