Don't worry -- the mountain lions can't get you. Nov 18, 2009
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ... At the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, you can see mountain lions, deer and other animals and plants of the desert. (AZCentral -- Travel)
RRHS welcomes its exchange students Nov 4, 2009
They visited the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and took part in University of Arizona Family Weekend activities before watching a football game between the Arizona Wildcats and the Stanford Cardinal. Arizona won in the last seconds 43-38. (Nogales International, AZ)
Kidnocker: Cultivating desert wildflowers at home Sep 30, 2009
If you would rather walk among Mother Nature s crop next spring, watch for notice of the wildflower hike held each March by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The relatively easy walk into King s Canyon across from the museum, takes 2 to 3 morning hours. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
September 26, 1958 Sep 26, 2009
This Day in Arizona History. 02:29 AM MST on Saturday, September 26, 2009. (FOX 11, AZ)
Great Tucson Beer Festival Sep 15, 2009
But it might be nice enough to enjoy a tour through the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The museum is a zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden packed into one location. (AZCentral -- Travel)
YCC combines work, education at park Jul 11, 2009
Trips to Saguaro National Park and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum expanded the teens understanding of parks, animals and habitats, he said. They also went to the June 23 grand opening of the improvements at the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Nogales International, AZ)
The Boojum Tree Forests of Baja Cal... Jul 9, 2009
For those curious about the plant but unwilling to travel to Baja, several specimen trees can be found at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona, as well as at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum east of Phoenix. The copyright of the article The Boojum Tree Forests of Baja California in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
UA biologist discovers new moth, names for wife Jun 16, 2009
One of the key reasons the region has so many unidentified insects is because of the large number of plants here, said Mark Dimmitt, director of natural history for the Center for Sonoran Desert Studies at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Every plant supports a number of insects, and considering that there are roughly 3,500 plant species in the mountains of Southern Arizona, the number of insect species should continue to grow, Dimmitt said. (AZCentral -- News)
JOHN HURST KARTCHNER passed away peacefully in Tucson on June 8, 2009, after a brief battle with cancer. Jun 16, 2009
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent in John s memory to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson AZ 85743, where he spent cherished time with his mother, children and grandchildren. Reader Tributes. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Catherine June Siegle-Holding (3) Jun 1, 2009
In lieu of flowers, the family would request donations to either KUAT- TV, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721 or the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson AZ 85743. Arrangements have been entrusted to Jensen's Sierra Vista Mortuary. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Briefs: Agents rescue diabetic hiker May 28, 2009
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will be starting its Saturday Evenings programs and summer hours on June 6. They will run through Aug. 29. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
What’s Happening: Meetings May 8, 2009
Seasons of the Saguaro will be described by Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum docent Jane Andrews Hedden at 11 a.m. at Casa de Esperanza s Community Center, 780 S. Park Centre Ave. No charge. Information: 625-2273, Ext. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Surfing the Net With Kids: desert animals May 1, 2009
From Anna's Hummer (a green and red hummingbird) to the White-Winged Dove, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum provides 28 animal fact sheets, and another 10 about desert plants. These are excellent for school reports, and include audio recording and fun facts about each creature. (Boston Globe)
Tubac artist Nick Wilson recently saw his sculpture “Natural Flow” for the first time in one piece before it headed for the Booth Western Art Museum in Georgia. Apr 14, 2009
Wilson moved to Arizona from Reno in 1970 to take over as curator of exhibits for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum when he was only 20. He was commissioned in 1982 to paint Jungle World, a 16,000-square-foot mural for New York s Bronx Zoo, followed by Snowy Owls, a Central Park Zoo mural in New York City, as well as Wildcat Family, a 12-foot bronzed piece completed for the Alumni Plaza at UofA in 2004, commissioned by then-university president and art collector Peter Likens. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Kidnocker: Blazing palo verdes light up area Apr 11, 2009
Originating at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, this hybrid was formerly difficult to find. It is now readily available at most nurseries and garden centers. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Kidnocker: Where are the wildflowers? Mar 28, 2009
In its cultivated wildflower beds at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, there are strong examples of desert marigold, sacred datura, desert zinnia, Baja fairyduster, desert bluebells, various mallows, desert tobacco, verbena, penstemon and purple owl s clover. As at the Desert Museum, your landscape can have a wildflower collection next spring if you spread seed in autumn and duplicate the rain recipe needed for germination. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Green Thumb: Designing a garden for butterflies, hummingbirds Mar 25, 2009
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:15 PM MDT Cynthia Reiners, a member of the Arizona Native Plant Society and docent at both the Tucson Botanical Gardens and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will be the guest speaker at Thursday s seminar (March 26) by the Green Valley Gardeners at 9:30 a.m. at East Center. She wrote the following article as a preview to her Powerpoint presentation. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Live. Laugh. Learn. Mar 24, 2009
Conceived by former Racine resident Marge Brown to honor the legacy of her daughter Columbia space shuttle astronaut Laurel Salton Clark the annual summer Earth Camp is run by a partnership between the University of Arizona s College of Science and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ... (Photo by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum) They are also things that Max Zuhlke, now a freshman at Kenosha s Tremper High School, has come to appreciate through his experiences at Earth Camp ... Participants will... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Kidnocker: Penstemon in bloom means it’s spring Mar 21, 2009
These can be seen later in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum gardens. Where there are penstemon, there are hummingbirds. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Kidnocker: It’s March in the garden Mar 8, 2009
Check Web sites for dates of sales at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tohono Chul Park, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and Desert Survivors among others. So you can see what a busy month March can be in the garden. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Names New President and CEO Mar 4, 2009
As a consultant, she was instrumental in advising Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arena Stage, Shedd Aquarium (Chicago), Signature Theatre (New York), National Children's Museum, and the National Cathedral on raising hundreds of millions of dollars and achieving successful plans for their futures. Davis succeeds Chris Randolph as president and CEO of the Foundation. (PR Newswire)
Albany students enjoy bilingual book reading Mar 1, 2009
Although Young wrote the book in English, her publisher, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, suggested publishing it in both English and Spanish. At Periwinkle, Young brought along a 6-foot-tall inflatable saguaro to show the students and answered questions about the desert and her book. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Tucson vet treasures, heals desert tortoises Feb 26, 2009
He is also the consulting vet for reptiles and amphibians at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a vet with the Reid Park Zoo, author of a chapter in the book, "Sonoran Desert Tortoise," and the father of four adult children as well as, at the moment, 16 tortoises. Yes, he takes his work home with him. (AZCentral -- News)
Students from German sister city visit Buena Feb 17, 2009
They will be making other trips to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tombstone, Our Lady of the Mountains and a movie theater during their stay through March 1. The student exchange is organized through the city s Sister City Commission. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Guide: Romantic dining spots Feb 10, 2009
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: 6 p.m. Feb. 14. Enjoy a meal paired with two glasses of wine. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Phoenix things to do Feb 8, 2009
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson) is both a botanical park and a zoo ... If you are really into it and have the time, a day trip down way is worth the effort to vist the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park. (AZCentral -- Travel)
