Saguaro National Park is poised to grow by more than 420 acres, thanks to a pair of recent land acquisitions in the Tucson Mountains.
Henry Brean
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Henry joined the Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri. He wrote about the environment for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 16 years.
Kitt Peak is opening a new science center for visitors at a unique location: inside the observatory's distinctive, acute-angle-shaped McMath–Pierce solar telescope.
Construction at the east entrance to Saguaro National Park is forcing dozens of cactuses to be moved. It's also giving researchers a rare opportunity to study saguaro roots up close.
Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Dec. 13 with free admission and a special exhibit on its history.
A Green Valley retiree is among those who submitted DNA samples that could soon be used to help identify USS Arizona servicemen buried as unknowns.
The annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday on the Mall at the University of Arizona.
Long-time Tucson school teacher Aleida Gehrels, who survived the Nazi occupation of her native Holland as a teenager, has died at 100.
Motion-activated trail cameras in southeastern Arizona captured pictures last month of a new, never-before-seen jaguar, according to the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center.
Heading south for the winter can be difficult and dangerous, especially when you’re tiny. Sometimes, hitching a ride is the safest way to go.