Last June, a jaguar named “Sombra” wandered in front of an isolated wildlife camera in the Chiricahua Mountains. Detecting motion, the camera began recording an infrared video. Sombra stopped in front of the camera. Crickets clicked in the darkness while the big cat looked around before wandering off. These wildlife cameras, often used by hunters…
Climate Change and faith aren’t two ideas you often hear in the same sentence. Yet there is a long history of religious thought about the role of humans as stewards of the environment. In recent years, almost all major religions in the world have taken steps forward in their mission to care for the…
J.J. Hernández and his father enjoy sitting on their porch in front of their pink Tucson house, surrounded by yellow and orange wildflowers and bright green shrubs that J.J.’s mother planted around the yard. Their house sits in stark contrast to many of the homes in southern Tucson, where few yards have thriving plants growing…
The largest single energy user in the country already wears varying shades of green, and now it is one step closer to another shade: energy independence. Fort Huachuca cut the ribbon on the Department of Defense’s largest solar array located just outside of the fort itself on Feb. 11, bringing the military closer to its…
It might be time for Arizonans to rethink their water use as it may diminish Arizona’s fish supply. Fish species native to Arizona watersheds could lose important parts to their habitat by 2050 as surface water flow is draining from the effects of climate change, a new study suggests. “The more we look, the more we find…
