Giving Science Heart

By Allison Fagan/El Inde The late afternoon sun peers behind a mix of nearby hills and mountains. It’s close enough that I can make out the shrubbery that peppers their sides, but far enough that I cannot identify what the plants are. Beneath me is a meadow, golden tall grass mixed with the occasional flower…

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Linda Robles: From Florist to Activist

By Jake O’Rourke/El Inde From the early 1990s to 2003, Linda Robles’ day job involved trimming roses of all colors, decorating vases to match and taking in the smells of pollen and petals at Roses & More. All that would change to bright lights and late nights in emergency rooms as her pregnant daughter Tianna…

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Tucson’s Bat Season

By Emma Brocato/El Inde On a September night, against the backdrop of a Tucson sunset, Kim Girard eagerly awaits the moment the bats will fly our from under the bridge by the thousands. She is wearing a pink shirt that says “Tucson Audubon Society Southeast Arizona Birding Festival” and has brought her adult daughter along….

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Forever home

By Bella Mendoza/ El Inde It takes a lot of time and effort to foster a dog. Imagine having a full-time job that keeps you busy and a young daughter to take care of. Now imagine that you foster a pregnant dog for the first time who gives birth to six puppies the morning after…

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