Ancestral Puebloan peoples developed ingenious methods to collect, store, conserve, and utilize water.

The marvels of the Grand Canyon extend beyond its dramatic scenery. Underground, vast cave systems hold clues to the region’s future climate.

Ancestral Pueblo people began making turkey feather blankets about 1,800 years ago, coinciding with the transition to settled agricultural life.

House finches are a familiar sight in northern Arizona, but their path to the West is a story of human introduction and adaptation.

Some things can only be found if you know exactly where to look. The Peebles Navajo Cactus, at less than 3 centimeters tall, doesn’t seem to want to be found. Its thorny spines mimic surrounding grit so closely, it nearly disappears into the sand.

A new study on the condor has revealed fundamental new insights into the lives of these critically endangered bird of prey.

As winter sets in, rodents seek warmth and food — often in our homes. There are non-toxic ways to control them, from rodent birth control to attracting natural predators.

A historic Chino Valley farm that supported Fred Harvey’s railroad dining empire over a century ago is on track to become part of a new state park.

In 2013, hiker Gary Hartley stumbled upon the fossilized remains of two mammoths in the Rio Puerco Canyon on the Colorado Plateau in northern New Mexico.

The Clovis people hunted mammoths and other Ice Age giants more than 13,000 years ago. Archaeologists are uncovering what happened when those animals disappeared.