Fitz Blog: Mountain Lions retire

The Desert Museum is retiring two arthritic cougars. According to a Desert Museum spokesman,” Madeline Stover was an excellent docent and and Stanley Melrose ran the ice cream concession for 26-years.” Meanwhile two retiring mountain lions will be relocated and released in the wilds of …

'Dog Whisperer' cancels UApresents show

Was penciled in for October.

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.

Pets killed in Tucson house fire

Several pets died in a house fire Wednesday evening that was started by a stick of burning incense left unattended.

Rattler, Gila Monster rustler gets probation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama man has been sentenced for the illegal possession, transportation and sale of protected reptiles he captured in Arizona.

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.

Did photo in Tucson capture tail of ocelot or jaguar?

Arizona Game and Fish officials are analyzing a recent trail camera photo of either a jaguar or ocelot sighted southeast of Tucson.

Black-tailed prairie dogs moved to new digs

A colony of black-tailed prairie dogs moved into new digs Monday as part of an Arizona Game and Fish Department program to re-establish the once-native species to its historic range.

Arizona Game and Fish: Find a turtle, don’t pick it up

Do not touch the turtles!

Zoo panda cub that died had liver abnormalities

WASHINGTON — The 6-day-old giant panda cub that died at the National Zoo had liver abnormalities and fluid in its abdomen, but zoo officials said Monday that they don’t yet know the cause of death.

Tucson’s Giant George unseated as world’s tallest dog

A Great Dane from Michigan is doggone tall.

Snow, Tucson zoo's polar bear, found dead

Snow, Reid Park Zoo’s 17-year-old polar bear, has died.

Reports of rattlesnake bites in Arizona on rise

Reports of rattlesnake bites this month are the highest in three years, the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center in Tucson says.

Miniature horse in Cochise County killed in dog attack

A miniature horse was killed Wednesday in a dog-attack, Cochise County authorities say.

LA Zoo chimp habitat reopens after baby chimp killed

LOS ANGELES — The chimpanzee habitat at the Los Angeles Zoo was open for visitors Wednesday, a day after a baby chimp was killed by an adult male in front of dozens of visitors.

2 Arizona snails get Fed protection

PHOENIX — Two types of snails native to eastern and southern Arizona are getting protection under the Endangered Species Act.

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.

Crews shipping Tucson elephants to California today

Longtime Reid Park Zoo residents Connie and Shaba are officially on their way to the San Diego Zoo.

Judge tosses PETA case seeking rights for SeaWorld orcas

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in San Diego on Wednesday dismissed an unprecedented lawsuit seeking to grant constitutional protection against slavery to a group of orcas that perform at SeaWorld parks, saying the 13th amendment applies only to humans.