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A Sonoran Desert bee (genus Melissodes) identified by The Tucson Bee Collaborative, photographed by Bruce D. Taubert.

How to ID a Bee.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A closer look at how Tucson neighborhoods voted in the last local election; The 89-90 Trip: Day Three begins in Panguitch, Utah; and "Tilly the Trickster" at the Live Theatre Workshop.
A participant in the 2019 All Souls Procession in Tucson.

Stories from the 2019 All Souls Procession

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A daughter takes her father north on U.S. Highway 89, celebrating his 90th birthday by revisiting the memories of a lifetime; and Clive D.L. Wynne talks about his book "Dog is Love".
The newly described Rio Concepcion topminnow is found in the Rio Concepcion in northern Mexico. The minnow is related to the Gila topminnow.

Scientists recognize new fish in northern Mexico

The Rio Concepcion topminnow is related to the Gila topminnow.
A rendering of the building for UA's recently approved veterinary medicine program.

UA gets go-ahead to open school of veterinary medicine

The program will be the first public vet school in Arizona.
A collared peccary, or javelina.

Javelina bite could lead to fine and rabies shots for Tucson woman

The unidentified resident was a "habitual" wildlife feeder, says Arizona Game and Fish.
Art that celebrates the classic architecture featured during Architecture Week and Modernism Week in Tucson.

Exploring the future through the past: Tucson's Sunshine Mile.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A preview of Film Fest Tucson 2019, and how one woman's dream of helping wildlife is making a big difference in the Sonoran Desert.
Archie is a big brown bat, and has been taken care of by Bob & Debbie Beucher since being rescued more than sixteen years ago.

It's always bat night at the Mission Garden.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Climbing Mt. Lemmon in the bootprints of Sara Plummer Lemmon; and food writer Jane Stern's love affair with American diners.
A statue stands in front of the Holocaust History Center in Tucson.

"Never again, para nadie."

Also on Arizona Spotlight: New state law that may provide justice for greater numbers of Indigenous women and girls; A reaction to the Trump administration changing the Endangered Species Act; and a very short story from Aurelie Sheehan.
Three mountain lions spotted in a yard along Sabino Creek, Wednesday, July 24, 2019.

What should you do when you see a mountain lion

Arizona Game and Fish suggests ways Tucsonans can safely share a space with the wild animals.
Two Gila Topminnows.

500 Gila Topminnows make a splash at The Mission Garden

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Author Kimi Eisele on "The Lightest Object in the Universe"; singer Natalie Douglas returns to Tucson with the songs of Nat King Cole; and "A Love Letter to the Library" about MegaMania.
Former stray cat Pyrite relaxes in an upgraded feline facility at Pima Animal Care Center.

Pima Animal Care Center offers free dog and cat microchipping

After Independence Day the number of lost pets spikes, and microchipping can help return those animals home.
Two of 34 cats removed from a trailer near San Joaquin Road and Ajo Highway Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

County animal shelter takes in 43 animals in case resulting in animal cruelty charges

The group of cats, dogs and turtles is mostly healthy. PACC is looking for foster homes for the animals.
Archie is a big brown bat, and has been taken care of by Bob & Debbie Beucher since being rescued more than sixteen years ago.

Bat night at the Mission Garden

Also: A new facility in Nogales, Sonora to help migrants following the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy; and strangers find common ground with "One Small Step".
One of four cactus ferruginous pygmy owls to be born at the Phoenix Zoo, 2019.

4 rare pygmy owls successfully hatch at Phoenix Zoo

The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl's range has been declining since the '70s.
It is the busiest time of the year for Tucson shelters that care for stray cats and kittens.

Local animal shelters see rise in number of stray kittens

PACC warns that litters of kittens that appear abandoned are not necessarily alone.
A California condor soars near the Grand Canyon. It is the most endangered bird in North America. It's also the largest, with a wingspan of about nine feet.

Endangered condor may have hatched in Zion National Park

Behavior changes in known breeding pair of birds indicate the possibility of hatched chick.

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