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Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For much of ...

It is only a small irony that we, living in the southwestern most city in the land, have to go east to find the real ...

Wildlife experts got a shock after spotting a “rare and critically endangered” animal seldom seen after setting up a camera on a nature trail. The sighting has prompted excitement among animal lovers, ...

Every species has tricks that make survival possible. Reptiles, for example, handle waste like no other group. Instead of releasing liquid urine, they excrete solid white crystals. It’s not just ...