Hundreds of tiny endangered fish slipped from orange plastic buckets into a glittering lagoon in Malibu on Tuesday, returning home five months after being whisked away from threats wrought by the ...

WASHINGTON— In a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reevaluate Endangered Species Act protections for brook floaters. These ...

The lawsuit asks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend federal protection to hellbenders — a type of salamander considered an icon in Appalachia.

With each passing year, species across the United States face an uncertain future. As habitats continue to be destroyed, climate change destabilizes weather patterns, and invasive species take over ...

A group of endangered northern tidewater gobies has returned to their natural habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains after spending five months recovering at two Southern California aquariums following ...

Topeka shiners have been documented in 60% of the over 200 oxbow lakes restored across Iowa's landscape, 97% of which is ...

The Olympic marmot is endemic to the Olympic Peninsula — it is found nowhere else in the world. Now, the federal government ...

The Endangered Species Act, however, goes way beyond. The act also protects animals of growing rarity the average person never heard of, birds people know little about, and plants with names they ...

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