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The groups petitioned to restore the tiny owl’s “endangered” status across the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northern Mexico in 2007. Although the agency acknowledged that the pygmy owl faces many ...

Phoenix, Arizona — In a desert valley outside Tucson lives a fierce predator that weighs less than a deck of cards. The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, which nests in the Sonoran Desert’s iconic ...

“The Sonoran Desert is unraveling before our very eyes. If we don’t act fast, the pygmy owl, along with the saguaro cactuses it calls home, will be only a memory.” Despite agreeing the owls ...

The Whitney elf owl solved this dilemma by learning to nest in abandoned woodpecker holes. In the Sonoran Desert, the Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, and the gilded flicker, Colaptes ...

Wildlife groups say the policy will make it harder to protect species. An owl that lives in the Sonoran desert is named in plans to sue the agency. A reddish-brown owl that burrows in Sonoran ...

Photos are available for media use. “Pygmy owls need Endangered Species Act protection to survive in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Mexico,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the ...

a subspecies of the more widespread ferruginous pygmy-owl, is a 6- to 7-inch tall predator that inhabits portions of the Sonoran Desert, the south of Texas, and northeast and northwest of Mexico.

A burrowing owl chick learns to fly in an agricultural field next to its new home, a refuge in the Sonoran Desert. The cardboard pet carrier rested on a patch of desert grass with a towel draped ...

This time, the center wanted to get protection for the Sonoran Desert population in Arizona and Sonora. Why it matters: The pygmy owl's listing from 1997 to 2006 caused significant delays and ...