Stripes, round bodies, dark penetrating eyes. At a glance, the barred owl and the northern spotted owl are easily mistaken ...

To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up, all one has to do is look at Richard Rankin’s backyard in Missouri. The septic system of his ...

An iconic butterfly could disappear within the next 60 years, scientists say, unless strict protections are put in place. The ...

After a decade of legal maneuvering, the eastern hellbender, a salamander known to reside in a number of cool, clear West Virginia streams, is now being proposed for Endangered Species Act protection ...

For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The glassy, low-lying ...

With a thud, the tranquil sounds of nature are shattered as a bird crashes into a glass window. It's an all-too-common, ...

Federal officials also said they will reclassify the grizzly’s status so that ranchers would be able to shoot bears that are ...

A new research paper urges reclassifying the taxonomy of the animal, which can spur more targeted conservation measures. The ...

A gray wolf attacked a rabbit hunter near the Superior National Forest in January 1982. This is his story, and the result of ...

Montana’s elected officials, including Gov. Greg Gianforte, have pushed for management of the species by the state rather than federal government.

A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of Northern Nevada will soon gain federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

A three-inch-long fish is at the center of a political debate over wildfire management in California as deadly blazes continue in Los Angeles.