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 ...

— Following multiple petitions and lawsuits, the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl has a new chance for protection under the Endangered Species Act. As part of a lawsuit, the Center for Biological ...

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.

Launched in 2024, the LG Endangered Species Series in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), aims to ...

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 ...

The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl was listed as endangered in 1997 after the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which filed the current listing petition, won three lawsuits forcing the agency to ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will protect the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as a threatened species in Southern Arizona and southern Texas, due to threats including climate ...

This time, the service is proposing to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as a threatened species; it had been listed as endangered from 1997 to 2006. The service announced the listing proposal ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency that manages threatened and endangered species, submitted a proposal in December to classify the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as threatened under the ...

The Center for Biological Diversity said the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl population in Arizona was listed as endangered from 1997 to 2006, but it lost its protections after a lawsuit from developers.

A tiny desert owl is set to be taken off the federal government's endangered species list, drawing praise from developers but protests from environmentalists. The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl is ...

A female ferruginous pygmy owl took a 150-mile crisscross trek across the Sonoran Desert to search for a mate, a journey about seven times longer than any previously recorded by state researchers ...