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Solar advocates continue to fight what they call a “discriminatory” fee added to the utility bills of Arizona Public Service customers who have solar panels.

The Trump Administration rescinded Tuesday’s order to freeze federal funding after a tumultuous response and legal challenges. University researchers in Flagstaff who rely on federal funds say the situation sparked widespread confusion and worry.

Though distinct disciplines, both paleontology and archaeology use similar technologies and methods in their work and show fascinating intersections.

The original Christmas Bird Count involved 27 birders, who tallied up 90 species on Christmas Day. More than a century later, the survey continues in what may be the world’s longest-running community science project.

The Relict Leopard Frog was once found in wetlands throughout northwest Arizona, southeast Nevada and southwest Utah. It was thought extinct until isolated populations were found in Nevada in 1991.

Water conservation measures are currently in place at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park due to breaks in the Transcanyon Pipeline. Replacing the pipeline requires a more than $200 million investment in infrastructure without disrupting archaeology and ecology.

Biologists have begun re-introducing endangered black-footed ferrets in Aubrey Valley near Seligman. It's Arizona’s first ferret reintroduction in more than 30 years.

At the heart of the Colorado Plateau sits the largest concentration of archaeological remnants in the country, known as the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.

A bipartisan group of senators, including Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, introduced legislation to address a syphilis epidemic that’s hit tribes especially hard.

Jumping spiders are common on the Colorado Plateau but are also found worldwide. These daytime predators are great leapers — some can jump nearly 40 times their body length.