This Ancient Water System in the Southwest Is Surprisingly Ingenious — But Can It Last? Those irrigation ditches, scattered across the state and known as acequias (pronounced ah-SEH-kee-ahs), have endured for hundreds of years. For Maestas and other residents in Albuquerque’s South ... 10/19/2024 - 11:17 am | View Link
Rattlesnake discovered in Arizona backyard – can you see it? A version of this post was published by FTW Outdoors in 2021. A Phoenix-based company that relocates rattlesnakes reported by concerned residents has quizzed Facebook followers by posting the ... 10/19/2024 - 5:10 am | View Link
New exhibit at UA traces Arizona woman's lineage back to slavery The exhibit tells the story of Candice Hammons, a Phoenix-area resident who, through a DNA test, discovered that she was the descendant of a slave owner and one of his slaves. 10/17/2024 - 6:01 pm | View Link
New venomous reptile species from the Late Triassic unearthed in Arizona A new species of small, venomous reptile, Microzemiotes sonselaensis, has been discovered in the Late Triassic Chinle Formation in northeastern Arizona. The findings, recently published in PeerJ, shed ... 10/15/2024 - 4:44 am | View Link
Strange Heartland History: Why Are There Giant Xs in the Arizona Desert? A longtime mystery is solved.When Leslie "Pez" Owen stumbled upon a giant, white X in the middle of the desert, she recruited her former colleague, Chuck Penson, to figure out why it was there. Here's ... 10/15/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link