What do various species of wildlife do to keep their body temperatures at optimal levels when the mercury plummets?

Vince Pinto
Nature’s Austerity
Nature in November is dry and dull — unless you know where to look.
Fickle Fall Flowers
Autumn is not a time to expect wildflowers in the Sky Islands. Yet they do exist, a bit of tantalizing dessert to the main floral fare sprinkling the remainder of the year.
The Heat Is On
What does this summer’s unprecedented heat wave mean for our Sky Islands’ native flora and fauna?
Nature Journeys: May’s Roasting Reptiles
As temperatures head into the 90s, reptiles are on the rise in the Sky Islands. Here’s a few to look for.
April’s Pollinator Paradise
Our native plants have evolved beautiful blossoms not to serve our admiring gaze, but rather to have sex.
Fabulous Fossorial Fauna
There’s a diversity of animal life in the Sky Islands — underground.
Nature Journeys: Winter’s Gold
Among the local joys to be had in nature come February are winter wildflowers: colorful sprays of blossoms unexpectedly perking up from a dull, frost-bitten land.