A new lawsuit says Arizona hunters killed 519 juvenile mountain lions since 2018, just weeks before the season reopens.

The 27th Avenue facility now runs eleven optical sorters and a contamination-hunting robot for 420,000 Phoenix households.

Coyotes ran across a Phoenix man's roof two nights in a row, scratching at his window. Officials say remove food sources and haze bold animals to prevent repeat visits.

Phoenix Fire crews pulled a heat-struck hiker from Echo Canyon — the fourth rescue on Camelback in two days as the city prepares a pilot to close trails on extreme-heat days.

Unusually warm nights and urban heat islands are stressing saguaros across Phoenix; garden scientists are tracking rising mortality and raising seedlings.

Arizona wildlife officials want hunters to bury rabbit carcasses and report sick or dead animals as RHDV2 shows up across the state. Simple field steps can slow spread.

A retired Phoenix officer captured a rare albino rattlesnake in Gold Canyon; specialists say the tyrosinase‑positive female is pregnant and under study.

Park rangers seek help identifying a tourist who damaged a Hopi headpiece inside the Desert View Watchtower on June 17. The artifact, by Fred Kabotie, is now secured while investigators gather tips.

Cedar City's air tanker base shattered its single‑day dispatch record twice this week, sending nearly 160,000 gallons of retardant as crews fought fires across three states.

Sahuarita officers and Arizona Game and Fish tranquilized a bear that was napping in a front‑yard tree; footage shows it falling into a tarp and being taken for relocation.

A bobcat briefly denned in a Scottsdale attic this week, captured on video and prompting state wildlife guidance and a local response. Officials urge residents to secure roofs and pets.

Mountain rescues in Phoenix are up sharply this spring even as the city rolls out gates, cameras and ice machines at popular trailheads. Officials point to heat, early starts and overconfidence as drivers of the rise.

A viral social‑media challenge left hundreds of pieces of gum stuck to Hole in the Rock at Papago Park; city crews spent Wednesday scraping the sticky residue away.