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.

TUCSON, Ariz.— Following multiple petitions and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today again protected the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as threatened under the Endangered Species Act after ...

PHOENIX — Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at forcing the federal government to protect Arizona’s diminishing cactus ferruginous pygmy owl population under the Endangered Species ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for the cactus ferruginous ...

Arizona's pygmy-owl will once more be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it would list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl as a threatened ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Pima County Board of Supervisors Chair, Adelita Grijalva, released a statement regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intention to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl ...

An owl native to southern Texas and Arizona and northern Mexico is under threat from climate change, changing conditions and habitat fragmentation and loss. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed ...

On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a final rule listing the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) (“Owl”) as a threatened subspecies with a ...

Since the federal government listed the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as endangered in 1997, it has been a point of conflict between developers and slow-growth advocates in Tucson (HCN, 8/30/99: A ...

A nonprofit that specializes in protecting endangered species filed legal challenges with a US District Court on Thursday, accusing the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) of failing to comply with ...

For the past seven years a UA researcher has camped out in northern Mexico during the hot summer months looking for owl pellets and excrement. Aaron Flesch, a senior research specialist in the School ...

The Trump administration’s anticipated proposals to weaken the Endangered Species Act by rolling back critical protective regulations could seal the fate for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl. This ...