By Liz Kimbrough Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species ...

California is the most biodiverse state in the U.S., which means it is home to more plant and animal species than any other state. It hosts 6,500 types of plants, 68 amphibian species, 100 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says efforts to save the fish in Virginia and North Carolina have been successful.

A U.S. House committee narrowly approved Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman’s push to remove grizzly bears from the endangered ...

Podcaster Show Player“They can live up to 30 years and spend their entire lives in water, living in perennial streams and rivers of the eastern and central United States,” the press release ...

In a landmark shift, a new study has found that climate change is now the most pervasive human-caused threat to imperiled species in the United States, surpassing other long-standing hazards like ...

The Endangered Species Act worked. Thanks to the legislation and the way it has been enforced, today we have the opportunity to watch soaring bald eagles in the lower 48, see gray whales migrate ...

Read the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website. In 2023, the Endangered Species Act turned 50. Over the years, the list has changed.

Downgrading the wolf’s status from “endangered” to “sensitive” would have lessened protections for the state’s 260 wolves currently in place, including lesser penalties for poaching.

“Endangered” means that a species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. See § 16 U.S.C. 1532 (6).

Black-footed ferrets are an endangered species in the United States — Novak estimates there are only around 600 ferrets in the wild and in breeding centers around the country, including two ...