Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pygmy-owl in its enclosure in the Multi-Species Conservation Support Center at the Phoenix Zoo on February 18, 2022. One of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona's pygmy-owl will once more be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said ...

This little owl was quite frequently detected in the trees at the edge of the wetlands this fall. And one appeared on the doorstep of a friend’s house, just sitting in the snow, which she photographed ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Following multiple petitions and lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect cactus ...

An environmental group says Tuesday’s relisting of the pygmy owl as an imperiled species could provide another weapon for opponents of Interstate 11 construction through the Avra Valley west of Tucson ...

Ecologists at the University of Turku, Finland, have discovered that the food hoards pygmy owls collect in nest-boxes ("freezers") for winter rot due to high precipitation caused by heavy autumn rains ...

PHOENIX — The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl native to Arizona, one of North America’s smallest raptors, was unprotected by the federal government for nearly two decades entering last week. The U.S.

PHOENIX — Known for its small size and auburn color, the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl has environmentalists battling with federal officials over whether it should be protected. The Center for ...

Four cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls hatched at the Phoenix Zoo, markin the zoo's first successful breeding and hatching in an ongoing effort to save the species, officials said. The owls are considered ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Following multiple petitions and lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect cactus ...

One of Arizona’s tiniest owls may regain federal protections by the end of the year as climate change, habitat loss and invasive species threaten its future. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the ...