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

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

Nestled in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains, around 31 miles from Tucson, there exists an oasis; a collection of environments one would never anticipate to exist in the scorched Arizona desert.

Thirty years ago last month, on Sept. 26, 1993, a group of eight weary, visionary adventurers “returned” to Earth after two years of living together in a miniature version of our world — a ...

Biosphere 2—while Biosphere 1 is Earth—offers a unique opportunity for immersive education. Through engaging science stories, students and educators can delve into our cutting-edge research as they ...

On Sept. 26, 1991, a grand experiment began. Eight people were locked in the giant terrarium, Biosphere II, to live without physical contact with the outside world for two years. Biosphere II was a ...

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 ...

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 ...