Stories Archive

What would you do if you found Eden? If you’re like the succession of people who bought land around the hot springs near Eden, Arizona, you’d build a...

Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) are lithe, elegant creatures — so much so that naturalist Aldo Leopold wrote about “their nobility, won in the...

A metal ramada, equipped with industrial-grade ceiling fans, stands tall and juts out into the desert landscape of Cave Creek, Arizona, covering a...

Lee Scherer, Marana American pronghorn   Isabel Guerra Clark, Phoenix Desert bighorn sheep   Sue Welter,...

Through the night, there was no sound in the forest. And with the dawn, the forest folk looked out on a world that was white and wonderful, a world...

Ted DeGrazia has been called both a genius and a madman. He wasn’t the only one. Edvard Munch, Paul Gauguin and Michelangelo were all thought to be...

A seasonal tributary of Lynx Creek, in the Prescott National Forest, flows through a snow-blanketed landscape as it mirrors tall ponderosa pines...

Peace. Joy. Light. Magic. Snow, if you’re lucky. No snow, if that’s your definition of “lucky.” My mother taught me Christmas was about love. But...