Local group giveaway: 50,000 condoms

A Tucson-based environmental group plans to distribute 50,000 free condoms across the U.S. through the holiday season as part of a campaign aimed at calling attention to the impact of human population growth on wildlife.

State jaguar team provokes reader reactions

The following letters are in response to the Oct. 18 article "Jaguar team ceases work amid disputes, big cat's death."

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Jaguar team ceases work amid disputes, big cat's death

The team formed to help the endangered jaguar survive in Arizona and New Mexico has ground to a standstill.

Jaguar team ceases work amid disputes, big cat's death

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Little-known Civil War site opens

ALBUQUERQUE — The plan was to march up the Rio Grande, capture the city of Santa Fe and seize the thousands of rifles, dozens of cannons and other supplies at Fort Union for a campaign that would expand the Confederacy's borders all the way to the California Coast.

Little-known Civil War site opens

Critical habitat for leatherbacks considered

Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California.

Critical habitat for leatherbacks considered

Enviros: Cancel fishing on upstate creek

Six environmental groups and the Yavapai-Apache Nation are asking the state Game and Fish Commission to cancel fishing on a stretch of a prime desert creek because it could hurt a threatened fish species and allow non-native species to invade the creek.

Group lists 163 species discovered in SE Asia in '08

BANGKOK — A gecko with leopardlike spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said Friday.

Group lists 163 species discovered in SE Asia in '08

Enviros sue in jaguar's death

Saying it doesn't want a rerun of jaguar Macho B's ordeal, a Tucson environmental group filed suit Thursday charging that the state Game and Fish Department captured the jaguar without a proper permit.