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Nature and the Environment

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Peoria Trash Talk: Curbside Recycling Shoved Down Residents' (Trash) Cans Five Years Ago, And It's Worked Out Beautifully

    Peoria officials are looking at dropping residents monthly garbage fees by 13 percent -- from $15.06 to $13.10. Hey, every penny counts. But it's likely that wouldn't be the case if they city hadn't forced its residents to embrace curbside recycling a few years back.

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    Straight Buggin'

    Peoria officials are looking at dropping residents monthly garbage fees by 13 percent -- from $15.06 to $13.10. Hey, every penny counts. But it's likely that wouldn't be the case if they city hadn't forced its residents to embrace curbside recycling a few years back.

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

    Peoria officials are looking at dropping residents monthly garbage fees by 13 percent -- from $15.06 to $13.10. Hey, every penny counts. But it's likely that wouldn't be the case if they city hadn't forced its residents to embrace curbside recycling a few years back.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    If You Host an Easter Egg Hunt This Weekend, Your Kids Will Get Bit By Rattlesnakes (Maybe)

    Happy Easter!​The Arizona Herpetological Society has some suggestions on how to host the lamest Easter egg hunt ever: don't "hide" the eggs where kids can't see them.The problem: rattlesnakes.The AHS is warning Valley residents about the dangers of Easter egg hunts in a region infested with slithe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Beavers Put Hoover Dam to Shame With Dam That Can Be Seen From Space

    www.icanhazcheezburger.com​Arizona has had its share of letdowns over the past few weeks and now -- on top of all the embarrassing shit the state legislature's been up to -- it appears that one of Arizona's architectural wonders, the Hover Dam, has been outdone by a bunch of beavers.This week, exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Rattlesnake Season in Arizona: Five Ways to Avoid Grim Death

    www.damstore.net​ It's that special time of year in Arizona -- flowers blossoming, the sun's warming up, and as a result, rattlesnakes throughout the state are waking up from their winter naps That is, the vicious monsters are ready to bite the shit out of anyone they see. All right, rattle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Phoenix Makes Top 20 in EPA's List of Most Energy-Efficient Cities

    Wikimedia Commons The Collier Center is one of Phoenix's most energy efficient buildings.​ The Environmental Protection Agency released its second annual list of U.S. cities with the most energy-efficient buildings. Phoenix ranked number 20, just ahead of Ogden, Utah, and Charlotte, North ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Rare Prairie Dog Blown Away by Hunter Claiming He Thought it was a Coyote

    Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    The Age of Stupid: Live from New York

    Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    A severely diabetic Valley woman faces criminal charges over her "service animal": a chimpanzee named Joey

    Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Gross Out: Roaches at the Scottsdale Haagen Dazs

    Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    Recycling 101: What to recycle, what not to recycle,and does it even matter?

    Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2008

    Bill McKibben at Changing Hands Bookstore

    Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

  • Film

    November 16, 2006

    Dance of the Penguin

    That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it

  • Film

    July 7, 2005

    Miracle on Ice

    No shades of gray in Antarctic survival doc

  • Film

    May 26, 2005

    Animal Crackers

    Where the wild things find themselves

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    For the Birds

    Are 18 birds in the nest worth 21 billion gallons of water down the drain?

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 30, 2004

    BEST PLACE TO GET THE BIRD

    The Flight of Phoenix

  • Film

    September 30, 2004

    Floundering

    Cruel, vapid and unfunny, this Shark bites

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003

    BEST PLACE TO BE AN ANIMAL

    Wildlife World Zoo

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003

    BEST MEXICAN SEAFOOD

    San Carlos Bay Seafood Restaurant

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Ant Farm

    The death of tiny Autumn White should make lawmakers think more carefully about state budget cuts

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Super Bowl V

    The Valley's bid for the Big Game may be derailed by five missing tortoise babies

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best Place To See a Peacock West of Central Avenue

    Wildlife World Zoo

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best Fall Family Day Trip

    Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best Place To Buy Aardvark To Zebra

    Daniel's Prime Meats & Seafood

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Chimp on His Shoulder

    An exotic-animal broker says Arizona's 'monkey rules' are forcing him out

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Censuring Sexism, Praising Pythons

    Letters from the week of April 18

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Quilled

    Animals keep dying at the Phoenix Zoo, but not from natural causes

  • Calendar

    March 7, 2002

    Fine Feathered Fest

    Bumbling, flightless bird has its day

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Letters

    From the week of January 3, 2002

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Hold On a Minute!

    Ecologists are still trying to spin their phony 'Save the Whale' campaign

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of December 6–12, 2001

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    Crying Whale

    Environmental groups sent out a worldwide call to save the gray whale from a Mexican salt plant. They got millions of dollars and thousands of new members. But scientists found no threat to the whales.

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    The New Economy

    The road to Punta Abreojos is paved with hollow intentions

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    The Unlikely Environmentalists

    Mexican officials were quite capable of stopping one of the world's largest corporations on their own

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Conundrum

    At the same time hundreds of dead gray whales were washing up on beaches, their birthrate was plunging. Theories abound, but little hard data has been gathered to solve this environmental puzzle.

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Lost Eagle

    Bird won't be returned to the man who saved it

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow

    Rabbits and other critters are getting nailed at the Phoenix Zoo

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place To Be Dear To A Bear

    Southwest Wildlife Rehabilitation and Educational Foundation

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place To Get Your Goat

    Darlyn Pygmies

  • Dining

    July 26, 2001

    Hold the Oil

    Lunch with an environmentalist offers food for thought

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Bye Bye Birdie

    An endangered bird is thriving in the dry bottom of Roosevelt Lake. Too bad it's in the way of water for Phoenix.

  • Film

    June 21, 2001

    Eddie's Money

    Murphy does what sells in reasonably cute Dr. Dolittle 2

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2001

    Carrion On

    Arboretum hosts "Welcome Back Buzzard's Day"

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Dying Breeds

    Siberian Eskimos on the edge of the Earth and the brink of starvation saved their lives and their culture by reviving the lost tradition of whale hunting. Now they worry the gray whales are poisoned.

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Devil Fish

    The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2001

    Cactus Talk

    Arboretum educates, inspires guests

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Raptor Rapture

    Jerry Ostwinkle's life fell apart when the government seized his golden eagle; now he's fighting for Rex and the rights of falconers.

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