The Mexican gray wolf once roamed Mexico and the southwestern U.S. by the thousands. Their soaring song could be heard echoing through the dry washes and ringing across the rugged mountain tops. Towards the turn of the century, however, high cattle stocking rates and declining populations of native prey, such as deer and elk, caused [...]

Around the year 1,000 A.D., Native Americans known as the Fremont, gathered on a hilltop in what is now Fremont Indian State Park and Museum in Central Utah. More than 100 structures dot the ridgeline and the people decorated the area with more than 690 rock art panels. Life wasn’t easy here though as each [...]

According to Arizona folklore, the monsoon season will start about a week after the cicadas begin to sing at night. In point of fact, the start of monsoon season in the Desert Southwest is denoted by a shift in the winds and usually begins in mid-June to late-July, depending on which part of the Southwest [...]