Category: Sky Islands

The natural history of all the mountains in the Sonoran Desert are intriguing, but perhaps none have a richer human history than the Chiricahuas. Named for the Chiricahua band of Apache who lived here, the Chiricahuas and the neighboring Dragoon …

Southern Arizona is home to a unique ecosystem. Lowlands punctuated by mountain ranges, coupled with biannual rainy seasons, has made the Sonoran Desert the most biodiverse desert on the globe.  Thousands of years ago, when the climate was wetter and …