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PHOENIX – An endangered squirrel species’ estimated population has plummeted since a major wildfire burned much of its habitat atop a southeastern Arizona mountain last summer. An annual multi-agency ...

Some see squirrels as adorable, bushy-tailed creatures that run in circles around tree trunks before they finally race up trees to the safety of the branches above to enjoy a snack while taking in the ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Maricopa Audubon Society have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to protect habitat essential to ...

One of the most imperiled mammal species on the planet, the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel in Arizona is rapidly being shoved into the abyss of extinction by people who claim to be scientists.

The Mount Graham red squirrel population declined slightly in the past year despite a new counting method that more accurately locates the population, state officials said. The 2023 survey of the ...

The Mount Graham red squirrel faces "a significant risk of extinction," according to a University of Arizona biologist who monitors them. A captive-breeding program is being contemplated to head off ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make a long-overdue decision on whether to expand critical habitat for Arizona’s highly endangered Mount Graham red squirrels.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has until Jan. 30, 2027, to decide on a petition to expand critical habitat filed in 2017. A federal judge says the Fish and Wildlife Service has “unreasonably delayed” ...

Eastern gray squirrels may appear to be routine backyard wildlife, yet in Kentucky, they hold formal recognition alongside animals such as white-tailed deer and northern cardinals. In 1968, state ...

The county did not do its job to protect sensitive habitat and endangered species when approving the plan for a micro village for the homeless near Spanaway Lake, according to lawyers for Spanaway ...