While many avoid Arizona in the summertime due to excessive temperatures, dedicated birders know that this sweltering season one of the most spectacular times to birdwatch in this state, especially in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a cliff’s edge, overlooking the rippling waters of Lake Pleasant, biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department anchored ...

Learn what an ash-throated flycatcher looks like and where to spot one. Also learn what the bird eats and where it builds a nest.

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 ...

It’s ridiculously easy to make fun of birders. Until you become one. Chances are pretty good that you or someone you know is already a birder. A 2022 report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ...

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 ...

Arizona’s desert birds are in decline, according to a national conservation report tracking long-term bird populations, prompting one conservation group to ask the federal government to take action on ...