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. The U.S.

As Alex Bell and I were finishing our area of the Howe Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, January 3, his cell phone rang, ...

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 ...

Parrots of the world -- New Zealand parrots -- Cockatoos and cockatiel -- African parrots -- Macaws -- Neotropical parakeets -- Parrotlets -- Amazons and allies -- Pesquet's parrot -- Vasa parrots -- ...

IT IS hard not to grin when ring-necked parakeets flash past. Descendants of avicultural escapees they may be, and destroyers of fruit buds too, but they bring a raucous splash of tropical sound and ...