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UA Students for Sustainability will show their support at the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris with a banner covered with handprints from the UA community.

UA Delegation in Paris Hopes for Global Climate Accord

Students, faculty hear world leaders trying to reach consensus.

Sunset on Mt. Lemmon in the Coronado National Forest.

Mt. Lemmon Smartphone Driving Tour Developed at UA

Free audio app transforms winding road into 'journey of discovery.'

The University of Arizona's main campus has hundreds of fruit-bearing plants including these olive trees.

Tucson Harvests Reduce Food Waste, Increase Sustainability

UA, community group unites to harvest fruit from the community and campus.

Maija Hildebrand says holding a tarantula helped her overcome her fear of picking up a cockroach.

Insect Festival Discovery: 'Cockroaches Are Really Cuddly'

How did girl come to play with roach? Only after building her nerve by holding tarantula.

Five years' difference shown in satellite images of California's snowpack.

UA Research: Sierra Nevada Snowpack Lowest in 500 Years

Runoff from winter snowfalls provides California with 30% of its water supply.

Jeffrey Silvertooth, PhD, addresses people who are learning more about agriculture.

Group Helps Grow Interest in Agriculture, Gardening and Nutrition

Cooperative Extension offers many programs in Arizona.

METRO WEEK: Solar Energy Advances in the Southwest

As residents add solar, companies try to improve solar panels

Faced with Cuts, 'Camp Cooper' Turns to Public for Help

The camp will lose about half of $200,000 staffing budget next year

Mountain lion in the mountains west of Tucson.

Project Hopes to Photograph Jaguars, Ocelots Near Tucson

Camera traps set up at more than 200 places in mountains surrounding the city.

This Alligator Gar is just one of the many unique and strange marine animals that Zeb Hogan has encountered in his work as a ecologist.

Former UA Biology Student Aims to Conserve Freshwater Fish

Zeb Hogan, now host of "Monster Fish" on National Geographic Channel, explores rivers all around the world.

Disease Drives Shrimp Prices; UA Researcher Seeks Solution

Syndrome kills species when young, causing entire crops to be lost; scientist finds way to detect it early on.

UA Researchers Study Climate Change Effects In Amazon Trees

University scientists part of international research team; recently wrapped up field work in Peru.

Water levels at the Colorado River basin.

Water Future Looks Gloomy for Arizona, Surrounding Region

2016 expected to be tough year due to ongoing droughts, rising demand from increase in population.

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