The Colorado Plateau is rich with Indigenous history. For centuries, First Nations people have practiced traditional ways and ceremonies on the land. KNAU commentator Scott Thybony recently had the privilege of joining the Hopi to gather wild tobacco, an essential ceremonial plant. In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott recounts the story for us, with permission from the Tribe.

The Grand Canyon is a place of countless love stories, some untold, some infamous. In the Valentine’s Day Edition of Scott Thybony’s Canyon Commentary, he shares a few of those stories with us.

In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott Thybony shares a lesson he learned about the beauty of nature from the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement", Mardy Murie.

In Scott Thybony's latest Canyon Commentary, he takes us on a journey to Mystic Spring, in search of the elusive water source.

Before the summer rains arrived, the winds blew relentlessly across the Colorado Plateau. They heightened drought conditions and increased fire danger. But wind isn’t always a destructive force. Sometimes it’s an artist. In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott Thybony takes a look at the positive side of wind by exploring a spectacular wind-carved landscape.

In this month's Canyon Commentary, Scott Thybony retells a story from 20 years ago about the importance of honoring sacred spaces and the ceremony of restoring order to the natural world.

Commentator Scott Thybony has conducted a lot of interviews in his decades-long writing career. And he’s come to believe that expectation and reality rarely line up; there is always an element of the unexpected. On one particular assignment for National Geographic, Scott found himself slipping back in time to visit some old ghosts.