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 ...

ORACLE, Ariz. - A wildfire in southern Arizona that burned about a half-mile from the Biosphere 2 science facility is now 100% contained, forestry officials said. The Biosphere Fire broke out Sunday ...

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 — ...

An international team of researchers has descended on University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, sealing off the complex’s rain forest, to conduct a one-of-a-kind study examining the impact of droughts on ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — It all started with eight scientists and a very ambitious experiment. Now, nearly 30 years later Biosphere 2 is still used to educate people about Earth's systems and gives today's ...

ORACLE, Ariz. (KVOA) — Just about an hour out of Tucson is the world's largest controlled environment dedicated to understanding the impacts of climate change. We're talking about the University of ...

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

Most days, you’ll find Joost van Haren tromping through Arizona’s only tropical rainforest. An assistant research professor at the UA, van Haren works in the rainforest at Biosphere 2—in the middle of ...