The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is marking its anniversary even as courts weigh whether Scottsdale's funding tax is legal.

A rare groundwater-fed meadow near Payson had a 20-foot erosion gash. Crews just reshaped it to send more water toward the Valley.

Bright yellow aspens are blanketing the San Francisco Peaks, but the display fades within about a week.

Kate Gallego calls it the peak of fall migration as Phoenix rolls out a new campaign to protect birds from windows and lights.

A juvenile wood stork, almost never seen in Arizona, was spotted wading through a 700-acre marsh built from treated wastewater.

Kate Gallego dug into the dirt at City Hall as Phoenix leans into a national pledge to help monarch butterflies survive their journey south.

Seven ferret moms at the Phoenix Zoo just had the species' best breeding season in decades. Most kits are headed toward the wild.

Out of Africa Wildlife Park is welcoming visitors again after the worst flood owner Prayeri Harrison says she's seen in over 20 years.

Leashed pups get their own parade, cooling pools, and a $35 ticket for one day at the Phoenix Zoo this fall.

The 3.5-acre park near Hayden Road adds bone-shaped benches, rotating turf cells, and a footbridge over a natural wash.

A $160,000-plus overhaul brings free pizza, giveaways and a post-ceremony pool splash to the Balsz neighborhood park.

The Eastmark branch's folded-wood ceiling and robot greeter helped it beat out libraries from nine countries for a $5,000 global prize.

A new branch on Lower Buckeye Road aims to end years of long drives for southwest Phoenix families craving local library access.