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Volunteers Sara Ransom and Kaya Foss doing wet-dry mapping on the San Pedro River.

How much water is in the San Pedro? Every year, volunteers seek to find out

Jun 21, 2019 More than 100 volunteers spent last weekend tracking the presence of intermittent water in the river.

Fire truck after a military base firefighting exercise.

UA researcher investigating chemicals used in firefighting foam

Jun 21, 2019 Reyes Sierra-Alvarez is working on methods to absorb a contaminant discovered in groundwater.

Archie is a big brown bat, and has been taken care of by Bob & Debbie Beucher since being rescued more than sixteen years ago.

Bat night at the Mission Garden

Jun 19, 2019 Also: A new facility in Nogales, Sonora to help migrants following the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy; and strangers find common ground with "One Small Step".

Rescue crews during 2017 flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas

UA storm watchers predict active hurricane season

Jun 18, 2019 Annual forecast model shows Atlantic conditions similar to dangerous 2017.

Cassini's view on approach to Phoebe (left) and departure (right). The dark, roughly spherical object is roughly 16 times smaller than Earth's moon.

Saturn's rings, moons raise questions about solar system, water origins

Jun 17, 2019 A discovery could prompt a rethinking of how the solar system formed.

Pima Community College to offer self-driving truck courses

Jun 14, 2019 Those completing the course may get priority for TuSimple autonomous vehicle jobs.

A small sample of the types of jewelry made by local artisans for the annual Tucson Juneteenth Celebration.

Tucson Juneteenth Celebration 2019

Jun 12, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A cross-cultural program inspires Native students in the UA College of Medicine; and, is it a piece of cake for the brain to interpret a metaphor?

The Greek island of Santorini was formerly an active volcano in the Argean Sea

UA researchers dating ancient volcanic eruption using tree rings

Jun 10, 2019 The tree rings can help them understand more about the explosion of a volcano thousands of years ago.

World View headquarters outside of Tucson.

High-altitude balloon company World View completes 16-day flight

Jun 6, 2019 The Tucson-based company plans on marketing its balloon service next year.

Lowell Observatory marks 125th anniversary with 3-day celebration

Jun 5, 2019 The Flagstaff observatory, which took part in confirming the expansion of the universe, has embarked on a multiyear expansion plan.

UA study of language disorder could aid early dementia detection

May 22, 2019 The research looks at primary progressive aphasia, a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a gradual decline in language abilities.

Artwork depicting the Coconino Desert environment and two primitive tetrapods, based on analysis of fossil footprints from Grand Canyon National Park.

Grand Canyon fossil footprints reveal early desert dwelling animals

May 22, 2019 Fossil footprints survive as evidence of the animal occupants of a Northern Arizona desert of dunes that existed before the age of dinosaurs.