Bug attacks, kills snake in Arizona mountains

Read about this natural history observation right here. I remember the Rincn mountains from the two trips Monica and I made to Tucson earlier this decade.

Near Tucson, the birth of riparian forest

I remember well,  on our second trip to Tucson, making a day trip to the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area and walking out through a riparian forest there that was rich with mature cottonwoods, some willows and many other native plants that thrive with wet feet (roots). I jsut discovered this article which goes into some depth of how cottonwoods are thriving in a Tuscon-area watercourse.

Roadkill in Saguaro National Park

As is always the case when carcasses are collected on highway shoulders, the wildlife whose lives are terrestrial are the most numerous victims of the roadkill machine - the motor vehicle. The report discussed in this article focuses on Saguaro National Park, whose two units straddle Tucson, Ariz.