Javelinas

Best of 2024: SIA Wildlife Camera Photos

December 19, 2024

Every year we review hundreds of thousands of photos as part of our Border Wildlife Study, and in addition to the invaluable data we receive about the presence/absence of species…
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Black bear at border wall

Creating Passage for Wildlife Across the U.S.-Mexico Border

December 9, 2024

In this guest blog for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, SIA Program Director Emily Burns shares details on our newly published analysis of animal crossing rates through different types of border…
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White-tailed deer

Border Wildlife Study Talk at Phoenix Zoo

October 25, 2024

Since 2020, Sky Island Alliance has used wildlife cameras to investigate the impacts of border walls on wildlife movement. For this talk, SIA Wildlife Program Manager Eamon Harrity and Program…
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Coffee Break: Updates From Our Border Wildlife Study

October 24, 2024

Through our Border Wildlife Study, Sky Island Alliance has monitored wildlife along nearly 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border for 4.5 years, and we are excited to share some of…
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Border Wildlife Study

Coffee Break: Updates From Our Border Wildlife Study

October 1, 2024

Through our Border Wildlife Study, we have monitored wildlife along nearly 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border for 4.5 years, and we are excited to share some of the insights…
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Porcupine

Coffee Break: Porcupines in the Sky Island Borderlands

June 20, 2024

In this virtual Coffee Break, SIA Wildlife Specialist Meagan Bethel presents on an often overlooked species in the Sky Islands: porcupines. North American porcupines are found across Arizona, but little…
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Bobcat mom

Celebrating a Bobcat Mom in the Borderlands

May 8, 2024

This year, in honor of Mother’s Day (on May 10 in Mexico and May 12 in the U.S.), we wanted to acknowledge a special bobcat mother who has raised two…
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Skunks of the Sky Islands

Coffee Break: Skunks of the Sky Islands

September 12, 2023

Did you know that the Sky Island region has four different skunk species? Come learn all about this family of stinkin’ cute creatures during our next virtual Coffee Break, hosted…
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Black bear

Acuerdo de muro fronterizo presenta una oportunidad significativa para estudiar la conectividad de la vida silvestre entre los EE. UU. y México

July 26, 2023

La semana pasada, el Sierra Club anunció su tan esperado acuerdo en el caso Sierra Club v. Biden, que marca una victoria monumental para las comunidades fronterizas y de vida…
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Black bear

Border Wall Settlement Presents Significant Opportunity to Study Wildlife Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico

Last week, the Sierra Club announced its long-awaited settlement in the case Sierra Club v. Biden, which marks a monumental victory for wildlife and borderland communities impacted by illegal wall…
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