Welcome to Navajo Nature. Here you will find information about the natural environments, flora and fauna found within the borders of the Navajo Reservation. The flagship project for Navajo Nature is documenting the biodiversity and biology of the reservation's ant species.

Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah) is a term that is used to refer to a people, a culture, a political entity and a land. Members of the nation refer to themselves as the Diné people. Most non-tribal people know the Diné as Navajo but this is a name ascribed to them by outsiders. The Diné govern their own affairs and are recognized as the largest Native American tribe (~ 300,000 people).

The Navajo Reservation is home to more than half of the Diné people. This land encompasses about 26,000 square miles or roughly 17 million acres. Portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah and northwestern New Mexico are located within its borders.