Communities, Culture & Engagement

Closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult for tribal members to collect and transport firewood from nearby forests for cooking, boiling water and heating.

The strike against Tucson-based copper producer Asarco by unions representing about 1,800 workers in Arizona and Texas is in its eighth month, with no talks underway or planned.

The day that George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a white woman called the police on an African American man birdwatching in New York's Central Park.

Sparked by a racist incident last week in Central Park, the new initiative aims to boost recognition and representation of Black people enjoying and studying the natural world.

Construction crews, seen at right, have begin clearing an area on the north side of Mariposa Road where a flyover traffic ramp is set to be built. The trees at left, part of a row of eight trees leading up to the construction site, will not be harmed by the project, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.

In an experiment colloquially called "adobe Stonehenge," researchers at the Desert Research Learning Center at Saguaro National Park are looking at the impact of heavy rainfall on adobe brick construction.

An agricultural ecologist points to systemic racism resulting in a devastating lack of response to the pandemic.

Award-winning microbiologist Channah Rock is in the business of keeping our food safe. Fortunately for us, she loves her job.