Photograph of four kit fox cubs in a sandy desert wash is by Bruce D. Taubert
Nature

Kit Foxes

Of the three fox species found in Arizona, kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) are the smallest, weighing only 3 to 6 pounds. Known for their oversized ears...
Photograph of an artistic salad and a pink drink garnished with flowers against a soft backdrop of a red rock view is by Rob Ballard.
Dining

The Hudson

Three words: A robust menu. Four more: Epic Red Rock views. Put them together, and you’ve got The Hudson, a longstanding Sedona restaurant known for its panoramic views of the town’s iconic landscape...
Tex Earnhardt (left) delivers a new 1952 Ford Mainline police car to the Chandler Police Department at the original Earnhardt Ford location in downtown Chandler. | Courtesy of Earnhardt Ford
History

Earnhardt Turns 75

Seventy-five years ago, on a stretch of Arizona highway in Chandler, a dream took root. Today, Earnhardt Auto Centers is a household name — with 17...
Photograph of Jonathan T. Bailey standing in green foliage while writing in a notepad is by Steven Meckler.
Around Arizona

Jonathan T. Bailey

There are worlds that writers share with their readers — those they spin from imagination and experience. But there are others they keep to...
Thick-billed parrots once were plentiful in Arizona, but today, the state has only six — all in captivity. This pair lives at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. | Bruce D. Taubert
In Depth

Thick & Thin

WHAT A GLORIOUS RACKET IT MUST HAVE BEEN. What an incredible clamor filled a Chiricahua Mountains forest one August day in 1904, when a flock of as...
Keet Seel ruins sits perched on a cliff beneath a streak-stained sheer canyon wall. By Laurence Parent
Culture

Remains to be Seen

NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT By Robert Stieve For the first time in four hours, Rick was at a loss for words. I couldn’t come up with anything,...
On the fifth day of the trip, author Kevin Fedarko (left) and photographer Pete McBride traverse a stretch of terrain across from 29 Mile Canyon. | RICH RUDOW
Latest Feature

A Walk in the Park

In September 2015, Flagstaff writer Kevin Fedarko and his best friend, photographer Pete McBride, set off from Lees Ferry in a quixotic quest to walk...
The remnants of Ruby and Sherry Bowen’s desert home are preserved in Tucson Mountain Park. | Jeff Maltzman
Latest Feature

Out in the Desert

MORE THAN ONE TRAIL will take you to the old stone house in the hills west of Tucson. I like to begin at the Camino de Oeste Trailhead and follow the...