A living record of Sonoran Desert biodiversity.
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A seed harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus) running across a piece of charcoal near a campfire in the Superstition Wilderness.
An ever-growing record of the remarkable diversity of life across the Sonoran Desert. Built from thousands of field observations over more than a decade, the Compendium focuses connects species, habitats, and ecological interactions into a freely accessible resource for naturalists, educators, and the endlessly curious.