As COVID-19 raised its ugly head in the rural areas of Southwest borderlands this winter, I recalled the conditions among…
Farmers and ranchers hold the key to carbon storage. As we celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, the environmental movement finds…
The survival of eight endangered and threatened species, including four kinds of endemic fish, is in doubt in Arizona, as…
Adam Schiff: Today we will hear from two fruit trees who happened to be in the Ukraine at the time…
Crop wild relatives—the wild progenitors and closely related species to cultivated plants—have provided many important agronomic and nutritional traits for…
Construction is underway on a 30-foot-high steel wall along Arizona’s southern border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. As several…
An ancient spring near Lukeville has slaked the thirst of desert travelers for centuries, but its days may be numbered…
Building resilience in renewable energy and food production is a fundamental challenge in today’s changing world, especially in regions susceptible…
Americans now spend a stunning 90 percent of their time indoors. Our sedentary, screen-addicted lifestyles have been blamed for a…
Scientists working on the US-Mexico border face unique challenges when trying to study borderlands ecosystems, from outright harassment by Border…