In a Southwest that’s getting hotter and drier while its population steadily grows, ecologists and Indigenous food activists are increasingly…
In the cool shade of solar panels at Biosphere 2, a lush plot of herbs and vegetables hints at one…
There is growing concern that lack of access to natural habitats—especially ones with diverse soil microbiota and vegetation—exacerbates individual human…
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…