Vermilion Cliffs National Monument

In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony recounts his many adventures on the rugged Arizona Strip encountering wind-carved Navajo sandstone that can take on familiar-yet-otherworldly forms.

Environmental advocates this week urged the federal government to expedite approvals for a vaccine, warning that the avian flu strain — which has already killed at least 17% of the Arizona-Utah condor flock — is “jeopardizing the existence” of the iconic bird.

Wildlife biologists say a record number of wild California condor chicks have been documented this year in the Southwest with the discovery earlier this…

Officials in Utah say a California Condor chick has left its nest and made its first attempt at flight at Zion National Park.Visitors last week saw the…