Sustainable Communities Program at NAU

Insects don’t fly straight to lights — new research shows they orbit them instead, offering insight into night behavior and how light affects insect populations.

If you look toward the eastern horizon just before dawn on a clear, moonless night, you should see a ghostly white glow shining up through the dark sky.

Coyotes and badgers are known as rivals, but sometimes the unlikely pair works together to hunt burrowing rodents.

Saguaros face heat, drought and changing monsoons. Researchers say these iconic desert giants manage to endure and thrive.

Ancestral Puebloan peoples developed ingenious methods to collect, store, conserve, and utilize water.

The marvels of the Grand Canyon extend beyond its dramatic scenery. Underground, vast cave systems hold clues to the region’s future climate.

Ancestral Pueblo people began making turkey feather blankets about 1,800 years ago, coinciding with the transition to settled agricultural life.

Some things can only be found if you know exactly where to look. The Peebles Navajo Cactus, at less than 3 centimeters tall, doesn’t seem to want to be found. Its thorny spines mimic surrounding grit so closely, it nearly disappears into the sand.

A new study on the condor has revealed fundamental new insights into the lives of these critically endangered bird of prey.

As winter sets in, rodents seek warmth and food — often in our homes. There are non-toxic ways to control them, from rodent birth control to attracting natural predators.