Arizona Outdoors

Arizona's state mammal isn't a coyote or a javelina. It's the ringtail, a raccoon like animal with a striped tail and ankles that can rotate 180 degrees.

Arizona's weather keeps everyone on their toes, with haboobs hitting hard and fast during the monsoon season. Visibility can drop to zero in seconds.

Arizona fall doesn't look like anyone else's fall, and honestly, that's what makes it worth talking about.

A cave full of bats, a waterfall tucked into the mountains, and 1.7 million acres worth of trails. Southern Arizona is sitting on something special.

Hundreds of thousands of monarch butterflies pass through Arizona every fall and spring, and the state's 41 milkweed species are a big reason why.

More than 13 hummingbird species pass through Cochise County every year, and researchers are out there catching, measuring, and tagging each one.

Sage has been used in Diné ceremonies for generations, and the science behind its antimicrobial properties is catching up to what Indigenous communities have known for centuries.

Monsoon storms hit the Willcox area hard, taking out dozens of power poles and leaving over a thousand Cochise County residents in the dark.

Arizona's monsoon season is stunning to watch, but lightning strikes have destroyed multiple Tucson homes in recent summers, and experts say most homeowners aren't prepared.

July 2026 just became the hottest month on record in the U.S. since 1895, and every single one of the 48 contiguous states felt it.