After a surprising budget cut, the Arizona Geological Survey was forced to become a department of the UA instead of its own state-funded entity. “Its been a difficult transition—fortunately the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a warm afternoon approximately 50,000 years ago in a desolate landscape in what would be later known as Northern Arizona ...

The Legislature restored the $941,000 annual appropriation for the Arizona Geological Survey when it passed a $9.8 billion state budget last week, ending more than a year of uncertainty about the ...

The Arizona Senate has voted to restore the budget of the Arizona Geological Survey — cut last year when Gov. Doug Ducey and the Legislature moved it to the University of Arizona without any dedicated ...

The state of Arizona and its picturesque landscapes have been shaped by a geological history of volcano eruptions across the region. Some of the oldest volcanic rocks in the state are 1.8 billion ...

Over 106,000 Arizonans will participate in an international earthquake preparedness drill, the Great Arizona ShakeOut, on Oct. 19 at 10:19 a.m. Arizona is just one of 30 other states that will ...

(TNS) — When driving between Flagstaff and Phoenix, certain hazards seem clear: wildlife darting across the road, vehicles recklessly zigzagging between lanes, flooding, wildfires and moving at 75 mph ...

Arizona is not just a dry desert — the state has about 130 lakes and five major rivers, according to the Arizona Office of Tourism. Though only two of the lakes are natural and the rest are human-made ...