A burrowing owl chick learns to fly in an agricultural field next to its new home, a refuge in the Sonoran Desert. The cardboard pet carrier rested on a patch of desert grass with a towel draped ...

“No one has ever disputed that the pygmy owl is endangered in the Sonoran Desert,” he said. The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, was the subject of years of public policy debates and several ...

“It’s part of the web of life in the Sonoran Desert and it’s at risk of extinction,” Center for Biological Diversity Southwest conservation advocate Russ McSpadden said. The new ...

including the pygmy owl, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protected in July as threatened. “It plays a huge role in maintaining the health of the Sonoran Desert,” McSpadden said.

The tiny owls top out at 6.7 inches long and weigh ... “With the County’s landmark Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, its companion Multi Species Conservation Plan, and its Section 10 Permit ...

“Interstate 11 would devastate treasured places like the Sonoran Desert National Monument. It also poses grave threats to ...

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

late fall restores an ultra-outdoorsy vibe to this mountain-ringed college town in the Sonoran Desert, an hour north of Mexico. A sure sign of the sweet season in Arizona’s second-largest city ...

Chamberland outlined the myriad ways it threatens the fragile Sonoran biome and complicates ... canary-yellow orbs drape southern Arizona’s desert like a fungal carpet this spring.