Criatura destacada: escarabajos pinacate
July 28, 2023Con la temporada del monzón en marcha aquí en las Islas del Cielo, los escarabajos están por todas partes. Recientemente, me hizo pensar en uno de mis favoritos, que pertenece…
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Creature Feature: Pinacate Beetles
With monsoon season underway here in the Sky Islands, beetles are all about. Recently, it got me thinking about one of my favorites, which is in the family of darkling…
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Spring Flowers in the Sky Islands
March 13, 2023 We’ve been enjoying a wet winter in the Sky Islands, and that always gets me excited for spring wildflowers. With the right temperatures and moisture, we can usually expect…
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Flores de primavera en las Islas del Cielo
Hemos estado disfrutando de un invierno húmedo en las Islas del Cielo, y eso siempre me emociona por las flores silvestres de primavera. Con las temperaturas y la humedad adecuadas,…
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Cañón Aravaipa: Actualización de vinca
October 24, 2022El trabajo para eliminar la invasiva Vinca major (también conocida como bígaro o simplemente vinca) en el espectacular Cañón Aravaipa del sur de Arizona ha estado en curso desde nuestra…
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Aravaipa Canyon: Vinca Update
Work to remove invasive Vinca major (aka periwinkle or simply vinca) in southern Arizona’s spectacular Aravaipa Canyon has been ongoing since our last update in March 2022. In fact, we’ve…
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Coffee Break: Fireflies of Arizona and the Sky Islands
July 7, 2022Did you know there are more than 20 different species of fireflies in Arizona? Or that fireflies in our Sky Islands synchronize their flashes, lighting up the night in unison?…
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Rastreo de vida silvestre en las tierras fronterizas
June 1, 2022Hace dos semanas, cinco rastreadores con Sky Island Alliance fueron a la frontera a lo largo de las estribaciones occidentales de las montañas Patagonia de Arizona para documentar el uso…
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Wildlife Tracking in the Borderlands
Two weeks ago, five SIA trackers went down to the border along the western foothills of Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains to document wildlife use of the borderlands. We tracked along the…
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Aravaipa Canyon: Field Report!
March 29, 2022Sky Island Alliance and our wonderful volunteers are back in Aravaipa Canyon! We’re continuing our work of the last several years to hand-pull Vinca major from the banks of Aravaipa…
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