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Coconino National ForestThe Coconino National Forest established designated "Quiet Areas" — now known as "Seasonal Closures" — in the 1980s to provide recreational spaces free from motorized traffic at certain times of the year. -
NASA Ames Research CenterHow will future inhabitants on Mars and the Moon get their veggies? Northern Arizona University doctoral candidate Laura Lee has been seeking the answer to that question.
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The San Francisco Peaks volcanic system includes some tiny residents — small, rare plants that grow in difficult terrain. Citizen scientists are trying to document them. -
Have you ever noticed a large, fuzzy, brightly-colored ant moving rapidly along the ground? Commonly called velvet ants, these aren’t ants at all. They’re actually wingless wasps. -
Three decades ago, the use of cloud seeding to enhance precipitation over the region was tested as part of a large field experiment. -
Paleontologists exploring the Zuni Basin of western New Mexico in the 1990s uncovered a turtle fossil shell that was later determined to be an entirely new species. -
Quicksand can form in rivers and washes across the Colorado Plateau. Conditions beneath the surface can create unstable ground and potential hazards. -
Prairie dogs, squirrels and even the family dog exhibit a behavior called “splooting" to help regulate body temperature. -
Jaguars are usually associated with the tropics of Central and South America, but historical records show they once prowled as far north as the South Rim of Grand Canyon. -
How did Southwest Tribal people protect and store their food before the days of refrigeration? -
April in northern Arizona is heralded by the loud metallic wing trills of broad-tailed hummingbirds returning from winter in the Highlands of Mexico and Central America. -
Researchers in the Southwest are using hidden recorders to capture the fluted whistles of the pinyon jay. It’s part of a new effort to track ecological changes through sound.
