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

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 ...

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 ...

Biosphere 2's Ocean Habitat is welcoming corals for the first time in over 30 years, potentially aiding global coral reef ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is the first part in a two-part series detailing developments in the UA’s operation of Biosphere 2. The UA looks to tackle “”grand challenges”” and inform the public about science ...

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 ...

Biosphere 2, a facility dedicated to the research and understanding of global scientific issues, is reopening. A bunch of scientists won't live in it this time. Instead the new owners of the Biosphere ...