Nature

As tadpoles are to toads, water dogs are to tiger salamanders: the fully aquatic larval form of the species. When water dogs metamorphose into adult salamanders, some lose…

It's a familiar story, but in case you were sleeping through history class: Buffalo once roamed all across the grasslands of North America, from northwestern Canada, along…

Otters are about as intimidating as bears — teddy bears, gummy bears, Cal Bears. They're relatively nonthreatening, in part because of their chocolatey-brown fur, webbed…

If misters are proof of anything, it's that it takes a little moisture in the air to get Arizonans to even consider moving around in the summer. Desert tortoises are…

Picture a raccoon with a slimmer body and a longer tail and a snout. Add white fur around the eyes and nose, and you have the white-nosed coatimundi, the only species of…

While taking an early morning or late-afternoon walk through the forests in Northern Arizona, keep your eyes peeled for the Hopi chipmunk’s long, fuzzy tail slipping into…

Coyotes have a special place in Southwestern kitsch. They're often depicted on screen-printed souvenir-shop apparel, howling at a Swiss-cheese moon. Neither nightlights…

Chiricahua fox squirrels live up to their name — their tails are characteristically bushy, like fox tails. Located as far north as Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains and as…

Of the five species of prairie dogs, Gunnison’s prairie dogs are the smallest. Unlike other prairie dogs, Gunnison’s are not known to kill their young, but they’re dying…