Field Notes: Fungi
Arizona Illustrated producer David Fenster looks back on a 15 year love affair with mushrooms and shares excerpts from the many films he’s made on the subject.
Feds want the ability to cut back on Colorado River reservoir releases over the next two years
On Friday, the Interior Department began the process of revising existing guidelines for water management in the Colorado River basin.
Slow, steady and high tech: Study using GPS to track Sonoran desert tortoises
Sonoran desert tortoises can hold water for up to a year, Rubke said. That matters given that Arizona is in a megadrought.
Desert Plants: Ironwood
The tree known in the U.S./Mexico borderlands as desert ironwood or palo fierro is one of many woody legumes found in washes and hillside drainages in the Sonoran Desert.
Iconic Strong Arm was one of many saguaros killed by climate change, deadly bacteria
For close to two centuries, Strong Arm stood sentinel over the Tortolita Preserve near Marana.
Desert Plants: Agave
Scientists have identified more than 250 types of agaves in North America, some of them grow right here in Arizona
Campus Arboretum
Take a walk around the University of Arizona's Campus Arboretum, and step back in time.
Pantano Bat Bridge
Every summer evening at sunset, thousands of Mexican Free-tail bats can be seen as a swirling dark cloud at the Pantano Wash before going out to feed.
‘Good Samaritan’ bill aims to allow cleanup of abandoned, leaking mines
A bill in Congress could help Arizona clean up old mines.
Field Notes: Coral Beans
For most of the year Coral Beans look like dried up sticks, then in the spring, its brilliant red flowers bloom.
The Buzz: Dealing with Arizona's PFAS problem
Why are the chemical class also known as forever chemicals so dangerous, and what's being done to fix the problem?
First-ever 'Oracle Dark Sky Cultural Festival' is this week
Residents embrace the economic boost to the town.
True Concord Voices & Orchestra premieres "Helios", and welcomes a friend from the final frontier - actor John de Lancie.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Patrick Robles, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Student, urges the City of Tucson to keep public transit free; and The Tucson Orchid Society celebrates 50 years of shared fascination.
The Benefits of a Nestbox
Olya Weekley of the Tucson Audubon Society shares how we can help local birds by providing safe places to nest.
‘It’s getting close’: As the megadrought grinds on, Arizona working to meet water demands
Satellite photos show a dramatic change.
