The University of Arizona women’s basketball team (9‑3) suffered a close defeat against the University of Utah Utes (10‑3), falling 63–62 on Monday, Dec. 22 in McKale Center. Despite a determined ...

In Greek mythology, anyone who looked at the gorgon Medusa would immediately turn to stone. Yet Medusa had nothing to do with the stone trees near the Sonoma-Napa boundary outside Santa Rosa. Instead, ...

Petrified wood is a fossil that is the remains of ancient vegetation, most commonly ancient trees. It occurs by a natural action known as permineralization, a process in which mineral deposits take on ...

Petrified Forest National Park, 18 miles southeast of Holbrook, is world-renowned for its petrified wood deposits, but much less known for its mining history and potash deposits. The area is located ...