University of Arizona researchers are preparing their first concerted attack against buffelgrass, an invading species that threatens to forever change this part of the Sonoran Desert. The ...

The University of Arizona women’s basketball team (11-13, 2-11 in Big 12) fell to the University of Cincinnati (9-16, 4-9 in Big 12) 77-61 on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in the Fifth Third Arena. Key players ...

TUCSON — In the Santa Catalina Mountains of the Coronado National Forest, buffelgrass has taken over, occupying thousands of acres of wildlands with what can quickly become fuel for wildfires. Land ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Buffelgrass is seen all around Tucson, and it’s dangerous because it can burn almost three times hotter than fires created by native vegetation. At "A" Mountain, Navajo-Churro ...

A new grant has given UA researchers the funds necessary to investigate the ecological effects of local invasive grasses. Processes and Patterns in the North American Monsoon Macrosystem is a $2.9 ...

Because buffelgrass has spread so quickly, and because local efforts have so far been sporadic, it has become a serious problem, Bean said. "We've got houses in South Tucson that are embedded in the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 'Save Our Saguaros' invasive buffelgrass removal effort is about to get a boost from the federal government. Representative Raúl Grijalva ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK — The U.S. Interior Department will infuse $10.3 million into efforts to restore Arizona lands and water ...

“I thought, ‘Well, if I let this go, I know it’s going to be much, much worse. I don’t know what’s going to happen if I try,'” she remembers. “So I tried.” In 1995, Rutman and a group of college ...

At 7:15 a.m. on a Saturday in late October, the only people out and about are dog-walkers, mailmen and people on their morning drives to retail jobs. But also hard at work in a South Tucson wash is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TUCSON — In the Santa Catalina Mountains of the Coronado National Forest, buffelgrass has taken over, occupying thousands of acres ...