Three turkey vultures perched on a mesquite tree while a fourth lands. By Byron Nelsen
Nature

Turkey Vultures

When you have car trouble on a remote roadside, the sight of a circling turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) can make for a lonely feeling, so it might be...
A color image shows a small jar of honey and two bite-sized snacks with fig, honey and cheese.

Bee Andaz's Guest

From tasty honey treats and hands-on beekeeping workshops to refreshing honey spa treatments, Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows will highlight...
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AOT Launches New State Brand

On August 23, the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT) unveiled Vibrant Arizona, a new brand that celebrates the state’s diversity and vibrant culture,...
Autumn color mingles with Red Rock Country sandstone in a lower section of Oak Creek Canyon. By Guy Schmickle
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The Old Stomping Grounds

Havasu Canyon Our land is a mighty cathedral in color, full of sunshine and purple mountains and with big, lazy clouds hung in the sky like...
Summer sunlight pours into Marble Canyon, the upstream portion of Grand Canyon National Park, as the Colorado River flows over rocks. This spot is 41 miles downstream from Lees Ferry, considered the start of the Canyon’s 277-mile course. By Gary Ladd
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Below The Rim

Even the Grand Canyon has an edge. Made of limestone and solid to the touch, the edge lies just beyond the aspen groves, past the shaded, damp places...
Three Turkey Ruin, in Canyon de Chelly National Monument on the Navajo Indian Reservation, is one of many Northeastern Arizona cliff dwellings once inhabited by the Anasazi (or the Ancestral Puebloans, if you prefer). By Dawn Kish
Culture

He Still Calls Them ‘Anasazi’

Starting in the 1870s, the explorers and anthropologists who stumbled upon their enigmatic ruins called them “the Cliff Dwellers.” In December 1888,...
Illustration of young barfeooted boy on horse guiding cattle through a wash. By Chris Gall
In Depth

One Gillette

In the year 1938, Roy Adams, Herb Cunningham and Wirt Bowman were partners with Viv Brown in the ABC Cattle Co. of Nogales. Viv Brown was my pappy. I...
Photograph by Suzanne Mathia
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Best Picture 2024

Grand Prize Stan Rose This wintry photograph, made in an aspen grove near Arizona Snowbowl in the San Francisco Peaks, evokes a feeling of...