If you explore our old-growth forests or the high desert trails long enough, you’ll hear the deep, sonorous hoot of the great horned owl or the whimsical “who cooks for you” hoot of the barred owl.

Researchers have confirmed the presence of at least one Eurasian pygmy owl in Spain, a new location for this little bird. Mongabay reported that the owl's sounds were first recorded in early 2023 in ...

A hummingbird alerted me. It darted about very erratically rather than the smooth flying while taking nectar from flowers. And it wasn’t darting around flowers but zig-zagging around like a fly over ...

There are at least 250 species of owls in the world, but only a few are more commonly seen (and heard) in Northern California and across the United States. The most common owls you’ll encounter in ...

The cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls that inhabit Arizona are sticking the Fish and Wildlife Service with a pretty big problem. The cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls that inhabit Arizona are sticking the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Tucson environmental group filed suit Thursday to try to force the federal government to move faster on protecting the once-endangered pygmy owl and a flock of other species it says are imperiled.

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 ...