Outdoors

Visitation dropped sharply but Saguaro National Park still stayed plenty busy in 2025, despite declines in international tourism and the longest federal shutdown in American history.

Advocates for science, history and national parks are suing the Trump administration over its efforts to purge so-called negative and corrosive content from the displays at park sites, including several in Arizona.

A warmer-than-average winter has triggered early blooms at Picacho Peak and Lost Dutchman. Here is the 2026 forecast for "superbloom" potential.

Members of Arizona's congressional delegation have launched their latest legislative attempt to elevate Chiricahua National Monument to a national park.

It was written to wildlife rescuers who helped get a wayward Costa's hummingbird from from frigid Nebraska to sunny Tucson.

The elegant trogon has officially been renamed the coppery-tailed trogon, though experts insist it's the same rare red-and-green beauty prized by birders across Southern Arizona.