The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens will soon welcome conservation leaders from around the world. The 5th annual International ...

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How Arizona’s Mesquite Solar complex became one of the nation’s largest solar sites and what its growth reveals about the ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

A new scholarship opens, a federal student loan plan ends and local support is underway ahead of the holidays.