Animals

The Bureau of Land Management reports it rescued a wild burro trapped in a septic tank in northwestern Arizona. With help from the community, the burro was lifted out of the tank and then released.

A string of bobcat attacks in Prescott, injuring at least three people and three dogs, has been determined to most likely be from the same animal that is now dead, officials say.

The Phoenix Zoo fears border wall expansion plans on the Arizona-Mexico border will endanger species in two areas they study.

A couple hundred ballots were cast by locals to decide a fitting moniker through a recent online vote. Al Ha’icu Ga:gdam — meaning Little Seeker — and Little Dot, or Al Doṣ, were among their choices.

Last month, Mexican gray wolves hit another important milestone in the effort to reintroduce them in the wild across the Southwest.

Although large dogs tend to live shorter lives than small dogs, researchers have discovered that their brains tend to age at the same rate. A University of Arizona team is launching a multiyear study to better understand cognitive aging in dogs.

Phoenix police say they searched the area but found no bombs. Police officials said they suspect the incident may have been a call aimed at drawing a SWAT team response.

The Canadian Faraday Copper is operating a copper exploration mining project in the area that the Center for Biological Diversity, San Carlos Apache Tribe and Lower San Pedro Watershed Alliance say is a habitat for the threatened Mexican spotted owl.

You might have heard a fascinating bit of news in recent weeks: Researchers at the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project in Uganda published a paper documenting a deadly split among a large group of chimpanzees.

Environmentalists say a plan to boost Lake Powell could hurt the humpback chub, a threatened species that lives downstream.