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High Desert Museum strengthens role as regional hub with $40 million expansion, adding new wing

High Desert Museum strengthens role as regional hub with $40 million expansion, adding new wing

It's meal time for our San Esteban Chuckwallas (Sauromalus varius)!😋🥬 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

It's meal time for our San Esteban Chuckwallas (Sauromalus varius)!😋🥬 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Hummingbird Exhibit.

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Hummingbird Exhibit.

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Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) sunbathing in a desert environment

Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) sunbathing in a desert environment

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Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) sunbathing in a desert environment

Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) sunbathing in a desert environment

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Dinosaurs have arrived at the Desert Museum! Join us for a journey back in time at Dinos in the Desert—our newest temporary exhibit that offers the thrill of seeing these amazing creatures brought to life throughout our grounds. Explore a world where dinosaurs roam... only at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Dinosaurs have arrived at the Desert Museum! Join us for a journey back in time at Dinos in the Desert—our newest temporary exhibit that offers the thrill of seeing these amazing creatures brought to life throughout our grounds. Explore a world where dinosaurs roam... only at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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One minute of a desert tortoise walking for your viewing pleasure, coming right up. 🐢 Desert tortoises are tough survivors and have several adaptations that help them thrive in the dry heat. Their flattened front legs allow them to easily dig and create burrows to keep warm on cold nights and keep cool during the hot summer. They can also store water in their bladder and save it for emergencies. They obtain most of their moisture through food but still need a good drink every so often. When it

One minute of a desert tortoise walking for your viewing pleasure, coming right up. 🐢 Desert tortoises are tough survivors and have several adaptations that help them thrive in the dry heat. Their flattened front legs allow them to easily dig and create burrows to keep warm on cold nights and keep cool during the hot summer. They can also store water in their bladder and save it for emergencies. They obtain most of their moisture through food but still need a good drink every so often. When it

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It’s cooling off! Come visit and enjoy our beautiful Cactus Garden. Some of the groups you will come across during your stroll) include: Opuntia (prickly pear) Cylindropuntia (chollas) Ferocactus (barrels) Columnar cacti (saguaros, senitas, organ pipes) Echinocereus (hedgehogs) Mammillaria (pincushions) Echinopsis hybrids (torch cactus hybrids) And more! 🌵❤️ What’s your favorite cactus - and why? | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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Our incredible horticulturists and botanists care for over 55,000 plants in our extensive botanical gardens. A fan favorite is our cactus garden, which showcases a huge variety of cacti from around the Sonoran Desert! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) sunbathing in a desert environment, head close-up

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🦖 DINOS IN THE DESERT 🌵 Coming mid-December to the Desert Museum! Experience the ancient animals that have captured the human imagination since their discovery. You’ll encounter animatronic dinosaurs of various species throughout the Museum grounds, some of them over THIRTY FEET tall,🤩 so make sure to bring your dino-loving friends and family to see them IRL! 🦕 DINO COSTUME CONTEST! 🎟️ Are you (or your kiddo!) dressing up as a dinosaur for Halloween? Tag us @desertmuseum in a picture of you

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One of two fox species found in the Sonoran Desert, gray foxes are excellent tree climbers. The kit fox, a small cat-sized fox with characteristic large ears, is another fox roaming this region! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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Sunlight dappled gray fox ears and that salt and pepper stripe. ❤️ Gray foxes are agile tree climbers, with rotating wrists and semi-retractable claws allowing them to nimbly jump from limb to branch. This ability, unique among foxes, helps them evade predators (like coyotes), den, and forage. | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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Learn about “one of the most intimidating cacti” Jack from Botany has ever met, as well as a common barrel cactus found in the wild desert surrounding the Museum! Part two coming soon. 🌵 Video: Jack kneels on a dirt path in the Cactus Garden and points to a short round purple cactus with elongated curved spines, as the camera zooms in on the cactus. The video cuts to Jack in front of two larger and taller cacti with fishhook shaped spines as he points out features of this species. | Arizona-Son

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🌋 Now open: “Under Pressure: A Volcanic Exploration” | High Desert Museum

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Bloom Alert! 🌼✨ Winter rains and mild temperatures have transformed Museum grounds into a vibrant, colorful landscape. Here are some of our favorites! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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The lettuce never stood a chance. Catch our most determined Museum resident in action at the High Desert Ranch. 🐓 | High Desert Museum

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Our team hears all kinds of amusing comments throughout the day. Here are a few of the most common mix-ups we overhear about our plants and animals. Thankfully, our knowledgeable docents and keepers are around to share the facts and answer questions. Plus, our exhibits offer plenty of signage to help you identify who's who! 🤓 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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In case you missed it, our fleeting torch cacti (Trichocereus) lit up our gardens in full bloom yesterday! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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We've been logging the hours and working our tails off to get our newest residents here to the Museum and we're so dam excited to introduce them to you! 👀 Watch until the end for the big reveal. You woodn't want to miss this! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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Have you met Churro the roadrunner and Cantaloupe the antelope jackrabbit? They’re back at Life on the Rocks after some time living behind the scenes (due to habitat improvements and construction), and they would love for you to say hello. ❤️ | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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We’ve got a lot of baby chuckwallas and you need to look at them right now!! 🥹🦎 In fact, our HIIZ (Herpetology, Ichthyology, and Invertebrate Zoology) team is currently caring for a lot of adorable reptile babies. We are especially excited to share tomorrow about a big conservation project we’re involved in! Pssssssst….it involves endangered spicy noodles! 🐍 Stay tuned for more photos, videos, and general updates from our HIIZ department this week! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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One of the many symbols of the Southwest is the javelina (Tayassu tajacu) and we're happy to announce that we now have five new furry friends on exhibit! 🐗 This youthful herd (all under 18 months old), consisting of three males and two females, came to us by way of the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale, AZ. Make sure to stop by Desert Loop Trail and say hello as they get acclimated to their new home! 🤎 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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No plant has a more graceful silhouette against the desert’s blue skies than the ocotillo. And that’s a scientific fact. 😝 Ocotillos have many awesome desert adaptations: ✨ They are drought-deciduous, and can drop and regrow leaves several times throughout the year in response to drought or rain. ✨ The plant can photosynthesize through the spiny stems even when the plant has dropped its leaves to conserve water and energy. ✨ Even the shape of the stems reaching like tendrils into the sky is lik

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Explore Tucson's new Spadefoot Splash exhibit at Desert Museum

Timber the bobcat approached his pumpkin with quiet curiosity, tapping it gently, inspecting every angle, and taking his time to explore. 🎃 Pumpkins are more than a fall favorite, they’re a fun form of enrichment! They help animals explore new textures, smells, and challenges, keeping them active and engaged. This is part one of our three-part pumpkin series! Any guesses which animals are next? 👀 Drop your predictions below! 👇 Come see Timber and all the other incredible wildlife that call th

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New Exhibit: Soil Alive! 🌱 Opening October 18! Dive underground and discover the hidden world beneath your feet! From dry and sandy to slimy and wet, soil is alive with critters, fungi, and microscopic organisms that keep the High Desert thriving. With hands-on activities, digital interactives, and plenty of underground surprises, this family-friendly exhibit makes learning about soil an adventure. Soil Alive! is presented in English and Spanish and will be on view through March 29, 2026. 🔗 Sa

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