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Shadow Wolves track down smugglers on the Arizona-Mexico border

An elite team of Native American customs agents, the Shadow Wolves use their tracking skills to find drug smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jan 23, 2012
A frantic lion meets the border wall

The U.S.-Mexico border wall does nothing to stop either drugs or illegal immigrants, but it sure can frustrate roaming wildlife, including mountain lions.

by Janay Brun, Nov 29, 2011
The wall along our southern border is a joke

Not only is the border fence a failure at its job; it’s also proving an environmental disaster.

by Scott Nicol, Apr 19, 2011
Deadly crossing

July 2010 was the second-deadliest month ever for border-crossers in southern Arizona.

by Denver Nicks, Oct 11, 2010
Bloody Mystery Lingers in the Desert

The unsolved murder of rancher Robert Krentz adds to the already-high tension along the Arizona-Mexico border.

by Michel Marizco, Jun 15, 2010
Failed State

Photojournalist Julian Cardona on living and working in Mexico's war zone.

by Cally Carswell, Mar 05, 2010
Charles Bowden on The War Next Door

On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile War on Drugs takes a violent toll on the poorest people.

by Charles Bowden, Mar 01, 2010
Birders without borders

In Jim Lynch's second novel, Border Songs, an eccentric, gawky birdwatcher works for the Border Patrol along the Canadian border.

by Brian Kevin, Dec 07, 2009
Brushed aside

On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the once-lucrative floral greens industry is floundering as its immigrant workers face deportation.

by Lissa James, Aug 19, 2009
2,000 miles of controversy

The new border wall may not be stopping all that many immigrants, but it's certainly having an impact on Southwestern wildlife.

by Ariana Brocious, Aug 10, 2009