U.s. Fish And Wildlife Service
New photos of jaguar taken SE of Tucson released by feds
Four photos of a jaguar roaming southeast of Tucson in the northern Santa Rita Mountains and one photo of an ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains were released today by the federal government.
Feds: Mexican gray wolves not subspecies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmentalists are blasting a federal government decision not to list the Mexican gray wolf as a separate subspecies under the Endangered Species Act.
Experts: S. Ariz. tail photo likely jaguar, though debate continues
Arizona game officials are consulting with seven outside experts to determine if a photo recently submitted by a hunter shows the tail of a jaguar or an ocelot sighted southeast of Tucson.
October 04, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Lawsuit seeks to reinstate pygmy owl's protected status
This male pygmy owl was sighted in the Altar Valley area on Arizona state land near Three Points in August 2003.
Lawsuit seeks to reinstate pygmy owl's protected status
Conservation groups have sued to restore endangered status protection for small owls found in Southern Arizona.
Conservation groups sue to restore pygmy owl protection
Conservation groups have sued to restore endangered status protection for small owls found in southern Arizona.
US seeks to shield jaguar habitat
The jaguar above was photographed by a remote camera in an isolated canyon of the Sonoran Sky Islands, 30 miles south of the border.
US seeks to shield jaguar habitat
The U.S. proposed Friday to designate about 1,309 square miles across Southern Arizona and a sliver of New Mexico as prime habitat that is essential for conservation of the endangered jaguar.
Feds: 1,300 square miles of S. Arizona is jaguar habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate about 838,000 acres, mostly in Southern Arizona, as critical habitat for jaguars.
Officials gauge rare snail's status in Southern Arizona
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will assess whether to grant federal protection to a rare snail found in southern Arizona.
Conservation group sues EPA over lead ammunition
FLAGSTAFF - A group of conservationists sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to force regulation of the leading killer of endangered California condors.
10K acres set aside for threatened frog
This Chiricahua leopard frog was photographed on the east slope of the Santa Rita Mountains, within the newly designated leopard frog habitat.
10K acres set aside for threatened frog
The federal government will designate more than 10,000 acres in Arizona and New Mexico as prime habitat for the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog.
Court rules against Tucson-based conservation group in wolf hunts
BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit from conservation groups that want to block wolf hunts that have killed more than 500 of the predators across the Northern Rockies in recent months.
More Mexican wolves in Southwest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials said Friday there are more Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the Southwest than there have been in each of the past five years, giving a glimmer of hope to a program that has been struggling to return the endangered animals to their historic range.
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