Arizona Outdoors

Southern Arizona wildlife does not need an invitation to your picnic. Ravens, raccoons, and javelinas have all figured out how to help themselves.

This little wildflower pops up along Arizona roadsides and washes every monsoon season, and it brings a lot more to the table than just pretty petals.

The Sonoita Labor Day Rodeo turns 111 years old in 2026, and this southern Arizona tradition is still going strong every September.

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.

In real life, a coyote is faster than a roadrunner on open ground, but rocks and brush can completely change the outcome of that race.

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

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.

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.

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.