Desert Laboratory

, Horned Lizard Mountain, a volcanic hill of prominent cultural and sacred significance to the Tohono O'odham, including the San Xavier Wa:k District, and other Native nations. The Desert Laboratory was founded in 1903 by the Carnegie Institution, which has repeatedly been at the center and forefront of desert research. The role of the Desert Laboratory is to build on the complementary strengths of culture, science, and community rooted at Tumamoc Hill and the larger Sonoran Desert to become an integrative hub of novel research, education, and outreach about how linked human and natural systems face the future of life in the desert.