Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Southwestern population of endangered wild Mexican gray wolves has grown for the ninth consecutive year to at least 286.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department says the state's breeding bald eagle population has grown to its largest ever documented, with dozens of new hatchlings this year.

Wildlife officials intend to capture and possibly relocate two Mexican wolves recently spotted on national forest land near Flagstaff.

An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been captured near Flagstaff. It was then released with a radio collar in order to help wildlife officials find a second wolf also known to be in the area.

A black bear was shot and killed by Arizona fish and game officers after it entered a home through an open door and injured a teenager in the community of Alpine.

Wildlife officers with the Arizona Game and Fish Department euthanized one of two mountain lions repeatedly seen in an eastern Prescott neighborhood.

Wildlife officials say the population of endangered Mexican gray wolves has increased following a recent count in Arizona and New Mexico.

Wildlife officials say nine endangered Mexican gray wolves are known to have died in the final quarter of last year.

A bear cub recently rescued from a Tucson neighborhood has found a new home at Bearizona Wildlife Park in Williams.

State land managers have temporarily closed portions of public land and water areas across the state while bald eagles are in their breeding season.