WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: TUCSON, Ariz.-- A newly built segment of border wall and paved road across Arizona's California Gulch is blocking streamflow critical to the survival of one of only two U.S. populations of Sonora chub. The rare desert fish is protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. "The new wall and road will push these imperiled fish to the brink of extinction," said Krista Kemppinen, Ph.D., a senio  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 15 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Communicating with cotton: CROPPS research in Arizona In Arizona's arid cotton fields, where every drop of water counts, farmers and scientists face a growing challenge: how to sustain crops in climates that are getting hotter and drier. To help crops adapt and thrive in conditions where resources like water and nitrogen are limited, the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) is developing inn  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: A team of astronomers led by David Sand, a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, has uncovered three faint and ultra-faint dwarf galaxies in the vicinity of NGC 300, a galaxy approximately 6.5 million light-years from Earth. These rare discoveries - named Sculptor A, B and C - offer an unprecedented opportunity to study the smallest galaxies in the universe and th  more