Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...🐠 We're often asked why we have stingrays at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Although the desert may be known for its dry climate, the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) is part of the Sonoran Desert, and the stingrays that flow through it are critically important to our desert ecosystem. This is also the primary reason the Sonoran Desert has been named the “lushest desert on earth.” Create core memories with these captivating creatures at our Stingray

We have babies! 🦎 Our Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) in the Life on Rocks exhibit had a busy mating season, and we’re excited to share these little ones enjoying life in our Herpetology Department. | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

59K views · 4.4K reactions | Take a breather with some scenes from our botanical gardens, which are BURSTING with color and blooms!  | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum | Facebook

5.6K views · 526 reactions | 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 | Facebook

Celebrate World Desert Day with the Desert Museum this Saturday, January 10! 🏜️ World Desert Day is a global celebration dedicated to raising awareness, inspiring action, and cultivating appreciation for the world’s desert ecosystems and the communities, plants, and wildlife that call them home. To mark the occasion, the Desert Museum will be offering hands-on activities around the grounds from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 🌵 National Parks Conservation Association will also be on grounds to discuss

And then there were three! 🐏 This week has been filled with many new four-legged friends and we're so happy to welcome a Bighorn Sheep to our Riparian Corridor exhibit. Coming to us from the San Diego Zoo, this ewe is 5 years old and eager to live her life in the Sonoran Desert!🌵 Please join us in welcoming her to the Desert Museum and make sure to pop by during your visit this weekend. | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Our Dinos in the Desert exhibit is going extinct at the end of the month! Join us now through April 27 for a journey back in time. Experience the thrill of seeing these amazing creatures brought to life throughout our grounds. What dinosaurs will you discover? 🌵🦖 Explore a world where dinosaurs roam... only at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum