Articles for tag: arizona ringtails, city ecosystems, desert animals, nocturnal animals, urban wildlife, wildlife adaptation

Arizona Ringtails Go Urban

State mammal has a new address: the block walls, alleys, and rooftops of our desert cities. Long a phantom of canyon shadows, the ringtail is increasingly showing up on doorbell videos, in backyard fig trees, and yes – sometimes in attics. That shift poses a puzzle with real stakes: how does a rock-loving carnivore thrive ...