A distinctive songbird with feather “horns” will get another shot at being listed as endangered after a federal judge ruled Monday the government must explain why it listed the species only as threatened despite finding it could cease to exist in parts of its range within 20 years.
Read moreConservationists sued the federal government Wednesday over its practice of allowing black bear hunters to use bait in Wyoming and Idaho.
Read morePopulation growth is threatening efforts to save Southern Resident killer whales, whose decline is not being treated with the urgency the crisis demands, officials said in a task force meeting in Washington state Monday.
Read moreThe Trump administration failed to give Endangered Species Act protections to the longfin smelt, the eastern gopher tortoise and six other highly vulnerable species – even after finding that the wildlife qualified – conservationists claim in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.
Read moreTwo North Carolina aquatic creatures could receive federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday to block the Federal Emergency Management Agency from moving forward with its plans to offer flood insurance to developers and property owners in 100-year flood zones in California, finding that the agency failed to consider effects development might have on endangered wildlife in those areas.
Read moreWarning the bison that once roamed the continental U.S. in the millions are at risk of extinction, three conservation organizations brought a federal complaint Wednesday requesting the animal be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
Read moreThe graceful giraffe and an Arizona wildflower inched closer to receiving endangered protection status, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services agreed Thursday to study threats to the species.
Read moreA trio of federal wildlife management agencies said Friday that listing the Northern California summer-run steelhead on the Endangered Species Act may be warranted, but said more public input is needed before a final determination is made.
Read moreForty years ago in the Reagan administration, a dearth of endangered-species listings spurred Congress to impose strict new deadlines. With the Trump administration now rivaling those numbers, the Center for Biological Diversity asked a federal judge Wednesday to step in.
Read moreA species of whale native to the Gulf of Mexico whose population have dwindled to less than 100 were listed as endangered on Friday under the federal Endangered Species Act, but conservationists say there is still a long road ahead for the mammal’s survival.
Read moreWhile eight species of fish aren’t imperiled enough to warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Wednesday a Missouri population segment of the salamander species Eastern hellbender should be protected as endangered.
Read moreAn Oklahoma federal jury convicted zookeeper “Joe Exotic” on all charges Tuesday of trying to hire a hitman to murder a rival animal sanctuary operator in Florida and for killing five tigers under his care.
Read moreNearly 2 million acres designated as critical habitat for three imperiled frog species survived a court challenge Wednesday by California farmers.
Read moreThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined a petition Friday to list Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Gulf of Mexico as threatened or endangered, finding their population is not isolated from others and protection is therefore unwarranted.
Read moreGray Wolves will be removed from the Endangered Species List if a new government proposal becomes official – which environmental groups say would cause the species’ numbers to plunge.
Read moreThe gray wolf population across the United States has rebounded to the point that it will soon lose its protected status, the federal government announced Wednesday.
Read moreU.S. intervention on behalf of endangered or threatened marine mammals and sea turtles caused marked population surges in more than three-quarters of listed species, a study unveiled Wednesday shows.
Read moreFour conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing the Trump administration of failing to protect Africa’s vanishing giraffe population under the Endangered Species Act.
Read moreA species of rainbow-colored fish and the streams they’re found in across Virginia and West Virginia are both slated to receive federal wildlife protections by the Trump administration in response to litigation by conservation groups.
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