Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Biologist Don Swann peers toward Tucson from Saguaro National Park -- North. © Kaite Fletcher, 2018

Climate change and the national park’s saguaro cactuses

Kaitlyn Fletcher December 5, 2018

Tall and resilient, the saguaros of the Sonoran Desert are finding it more difficult to reach maturity as higher temperatures exacerbate drought and leave a trail of young cactus carcasses. A hotter,...

A native cactus bee (Diadasia rinconis) sits on its preferred flowering plant. Photo by: © Bruce Taubert

Native bees do it better

Kaitlyn Fletcher October 2, 2018

  A native bee wraps its hind legs around a flower and vibrates its wings to unlock the flower’s hidden treasure –pollen. Its fuzzy body coated in yellow, the bee flies off to discover...

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