Looking for some help in the garden? Many of nature's most useful critters lie literally at our feet, underappreciated and ignored despite their ability to eliminate insects, condition soils and pollinate plants.

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) governing board members, MCCCD leadership and Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) president Linda Lujan participated in a ground breaking ceremony of the new Coyote Center located on CGCC’s Pecos Campus on March 22. The Coyote Center will serve as the front door to the college in location, appearance and function. It will provide a range of services to new and continuing students ranging from admissions and enrollment to advising as well as support of student fitness and athletics. Student enrollment services will be delivered through a one-stop model, consistent with the One Maricopa “Seamless Student Experience.”

Butterflies should get a lot easier to spot starting this Spring in Scottsdale.

As Arizona's U.S. Senate race enters its final days, the two candidates hoping to succeed retiring Sen. Jon Kyl are playing to their strengths: Republican Jeff Flake is calling in presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to help close his argument for victory with the state's conservative-leaning electorate. Democrat Richard Carmona is reaching out to independents and Hispanics, two key voting blocs that could help him pull off an upset.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center hosts the third annual Enchanted Trail/Sendero Encantado from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Those pesky mosquitoes and buzzing bees can be relentless and even a source of fear for some people. With mosquito season in full swing, you can learn how to protect yourself during a free workshop July 27 at Mesa’s Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road.

Brown-Bag It: All About Bees: Bee natural, pack a sandwich and learn all about this tiny pollinator during Ranger B.’s one-hour presentation. There will be a snake-feeding immediately after and a free flashlight walk at 8 p.m.

It won’t be long before Arizona’s famous heat ensures the only thing stirring outside are heat waves themselves. Fortunately, there’s still time to enjoy something much prettier moving around out there.

Children can learn more about flying things during “Wing it!” family day 10 a.m. May 6 at Mesa’s Arizona Museum for Youth, 35 N. Robson St.

Trees. Grass. Pollen.

About 20 second-graders in Kristine Baglini's class sit on hay bales outside the library. They kick their feet against the bales, talking excitedly to each other with eyes wandering over the raised planting beds in front of them.

Here’s a happy hour with a twist. Instead of heading to the bar for a drink with co-workers, you can have a beer with the birds.

Here’s a happy hour with a twist. Instead of heading to the bar for a drink with co-workers, you can have a beer with the birds.

Many of us move to the Valley of Sun from other places and don't understand how the desert climate changes the way we plant vegetables and flowers. Plants that grew back home may not grow here, so follows are some helpful tips to make gardening easier.

Many of us move to the Valley of Sun from other places and don't understand how the desert climate changes the way we plant vegetables and flowers. Plants that grew back home may not grow here, so follows are some helpful tips to make gardening easier.

These days, hybrids are either panned or praised in the world of gardening. Not that hybrids are such oddities. A hybrid is merely the offspring of two parents that are not genetically the same.

These days, hybrids are either panned or praised in the world of gardening. Not that hybrids are such oddities. A hybrid is merely the offspring of two parents that are not genetically the same.

With the new school year up and running, parents of children with asthma in Ahwatukee Foothills should be bracing for the yearly "asthma epidemic."

With the new school year up and running, parents of children with asthma in Ahwatukee Foothills should be bracing for the yearly "asthma epidemic."

If a fame-hungry airline pilot and an ex-Hooters waitress who promised to marry each other at the end of a reality show can't make it work, who can?

As warmer weather has sprung, more bees have stung.

Tequila is starting to enter the ranks of venerable liquors, where it rightfully belongs. This traditional Mexican liquor, the favorite of frat parties and margarita drinkers, is now competing with fine wines during cocktail-party chitchat. Many bars are devoted to providing the nearly 900 different blends. If you want to know more about the origins of this ancient beverage, just as many have diligently studied the history of wine grapes - read on.

NEW YORK — Gilbert Arenas was suspended without pay Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who determined the player's behavior made him "not currently fit to take the court."