Vertebrate Zoology

Wildlife officials tell people to leave baby animals alone, but that's a tall order for an Oro Valley bar and restaurant with great horned owls nesting on its patio.

Every winter, thousands of birds funnel into the open grasslands outside Willcox, one of the Southwest’s most biologically rich wintering grounds.

The elegant trogon has officially been renamed the coppery-tailed trogon, though experts insist it's the same rare red-and-green beauty prized by birders across Southern Arizona.

Desert animals generally don't need to be rescued from the heat, according to a reminder issued by wildlife experts after an uptick in calls about young hawks that were just fledging, not injured or abandoned.