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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Criatura destacada: Coatí de nariz blanca
November 22, 2022El coatí de nariz blanca (Nasua narica) es un mamífero omnívoro de tamaño mediano. Puede encontrarlos en las montañas y áreas ribereñas de las Islas del Cielo. El coatí se…
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Friday Fauna Feature: Hog-nosed Skunk
May 24, 2022Written by Aleidys López Romero No, they don’t ‘oink, oink.’ But yes! they do have special powers and many endearing qualities. It’s the long, bare nose of American hog-nosed skunks…
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Friday Creature Feature: Black Bear
April 22, 2021What marks spring in the Sky Islands better than the sight of bear coming out of hibernation*? In honor of this species—a harbinger of warmer months and blooming flora—we’re dedicating today’s Friday Creature Feature…
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Creature Feature: Gould’s Turkey
November 20, 2020For today’s Creature Feature, we’re highlighting the Gould’s turkey, a subspecies of wild turkey that’s native to Arizona and slowly returning to our mountain ecosystems after being overhunted. So instead of eating this turkey for…
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Friday Creature Feature: Turkey Vulture
September 25, 2020Our bird of focus for this week’s creature feature is the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura). Despite the name, turkey vultures are more vulture than turkey—they belong to the vulture family—and…
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Friday Creature Feature: Lesser Long-Nosed Bat
September 17, 2020For this week’s Friday creature feature, let’s take a closer look at the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae), one of the Sonoran Desert’s most important pollinator species for plants like agave…
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Friday Creature Feature: Hooded skunk
May 22, 2020 Today’s Friday Creature Feature is the hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura). This little creature has been captured on Sky Island Alliance cameras as part of the Border Wildlife Study and…
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Friday Creature Feature: Chiricahua Leopard Frog
May 15, 2020On this Endangered Species Day, we celebrate the Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis) and efforts to protect this Sky Island endemic species. Being an endemic means that they are only…
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