Giant ant shadow behind woman with petrie dish and forceps by Steven Meckler
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The Social Nature of Ants

Sages through the ages have lauded ants as exemplars of industriousness, persistence and the virtues of collective…
A woman with long hair sits in a dark dress in her jewelry studio. Boxes of gems, houseplants and other ephemera surround her.

Q&A: Jewelry Maker Finds Inspiration in the Desert

What piece of jewelry is your favorite or the one you're proudest of?I would say that my proudest piece is probably all…
Burned buildings on Tombstone Canyon in Bisbee after a February 2024 fire

Historic Bisbee Recovering From February Fire

Spring is typically Bisbee’s busiest time of the year, when many snowbirds and other visitors come to the old mining…
Drawing by Bob Waldmire
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Drawing Attention to Bob

It was early 1996, and Bob Waldmire was living in Hackberry, along Northwestern Arizona’s stretch of Historic Route 66…
Photograph by Josef Muench (NAU Cline Library)
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Land Of The Stone Comics

Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Arizona is the Chiricahua National Monument. It covers 10,693 acres in the…
Photograph by Laurence Parent
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Set In Stone

A rock arch frames Punch and Judy, two hoodoos that resemble a bickering couple, near the…
Courtesy Spragge Family Collection
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On This Day In Rock History

On Labor Day in 1934, some 7,000 visitors crowded onto Massai Point for the dedication of Chiricahua National Monument…
Photograph by Jonathan Buford
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Jonathan Buford: This Is My Story

I’ve spent much of my time in Arizona exploring and photographing the state’s 90 wilderness areas, and one of the spots…