Retiring Associate Curator Carl Olson, also known as “The Bug Man,” has used the UA's collection of several million insect specimens to help people understand and appreciate bugs.
Environment and Sustainability News

A new book from the University of Arizona Press looks at one dry river, Tucson's Rillito.
While a vigorous monsoon could dampen temperatures by increasing cloud cover and evaporative cooling, forecasts call for above-average temperatures in the Southwest, in part because of warming trends experienced in recent decades.

Three UA faculty members have been named Regents' Professors by the Arizona Board of Regents: Neal R.

The UA's James 4-H Camp and Outdoor Learning Center in the Prescott National Forest serves as a setting for staff retreats, UA research projects and children's summer camps.

High school students have co-authored a scientific paper with their UA graduate student instructor that could have a serious impact on the reliability of climate models.

The Southwest's sky islands are home to hundreds of species of plants and animals.

UA PhD candidate Ashwin Naidu is building a DNA database to help monitor and protect the state's wild cats.

Two trailblazing UA School of Journalism students have been handpicked for The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, including Paul Ingram, who has worked as a science writer and photographer for Biosphere 2.

The microorganisms of greatest concern when it comes to leafy green vegetables are Salmonella, Listeria, enterococci, noroviruses and pathogenic forms of E. coli, says Channah Rock of the UA department of soil, water and environmental science.



