Biosphere 2, a massive indoor simulation of the Earth’s ecosystem in southern Arizona, is one of the most famous — and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ORACLE, AZ — Four dozen Sonoyta pupfish are now swimming beneath the towering glass pyramids of the University of Arizona’s ...

The University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 is making strides in space research with its Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM) facility. This sealed habitat ...

At the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, experiments are being conducted inside a structure called the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars, or SAM. It is designed to act like a real space habitat — ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. (KVOA) - Firefighting and forestry experts, alongside university researchers, gathered at Biosphere 2 in Pinal County to explore solutions to Arizona's wildfire challenges. The ...

Standing atop Biosphere 2’s iconic rooftop dressed in the same spacesuit George Clooney wore in the 2013 film “Gravity,” ...

Biosphere 2 started with eight scientists and a very ambitious experiment. Now, almost 35 years later, it's still being used for cutting-edge research. Scientists continue to use it to study Earth's ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — As part of our summer series, One Tank Trips, the crew of Good Morning Tucson is taking you to places on much less than a tank of gas. April Madison headed north of Tucson to Biosphere ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

In 2007, the University of Arizona took over the management of Biosphere 2 from Columbia University which ran it from 1996 to 2003. Please click on the slide below to see this slideshow of the EDN ...

The rare Sonoyta pupfish were introduced into a desert river habitat inside the huge Biosphere 2 structure near Tucson. The dish are native to Quitobaquito Springs near the Arizona-Mexico border, but ...