On a cliff’s edge, overlooking the rippling waters of Lake Pleasant, biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department anchored ropes to nearby palo verde trees before carefully lowering themselves ...

Birds that call Arizona's desert ecosystem home — including the state's iconic cactus wren — are in serious decline, according to a sweeping new conservation report. Why it matters: Birds are ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to add the Bendire's thrasher to the endangered species list. The thrasher is a rare desert songbird whose habitat is ...

Enjoy the elegant trogon, a longtime summer visitor to Southern Arizona that now is increasingly staying for the winter. But don't get too attached to the purple finch, because that mountain bird's ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — From Humphreys Peak in Flagstaff to the scorching deserts of Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona boasts diverse and plentiful wildlife species. According to the Phoenix Zoo, Arizona has ...

If you have a passion for bird watching and love hummingbirds, you will have a hard time beating the beauty of Sierra Vista, known as the hummingbird capital of the United States. This beautiful ...

Biologists treat sick and injured condors in a remote "hospital" in northern Arizona. The birds also receive vaccines to fight the avian flu. The condors ingest lead ammunition when they eat animal ...