More than 5 million people call the Phoenix area home. By 2050, it could hit the 7 million mark. It means more housing, more ...

So, in this patchwork quilt of a country, we’ve decided the only way to identify our favorite desserts is to go state by ...

An aggressive, fast-growing non-native tree is spreading across parts of Yavapai County, threatening native species, ...

Officials are sharing more details on the two-week escape of a large lizard from a Webster, Massachusetts, home, which ended ...

The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project aims to sequence the genomes of all animals, fungi and plants found in Great Britain and Ireland—some 35,000 in total. That is a colossal undertaking whose first ...

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The average Iowa Quad-Cities residential monthly water bill is expected to go up by about $8 starting Aug. 1, Iowa American ...

BY MID-JULY 2002, the country was at a Preparedness Level 5, meaning that over 80% of the nation’s fire-fighting resources were committed. This was an extreme year for fires, with Oregon, Colorado and ...

The sky islands of southern Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas and northern Mexico are unique ecosystems that really have no ...

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, ...

Phoenix is one of many cities that are a part of the Fast Track Cities initiative, an effort to combine local resources and ...

Some people feed wildlife because they believe it helps the animals survive. Others want to attract them because they’re cute. Still others think it’s a good way to dispose of ...