Three environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday over the Trump administration’s waiver of more than two dozen conservation laws to build a 30-foot tall, 18-mile long border wall in the Rio Grande Valley.
Read moreThe Trump administration on Thursday waived dozens of laws in preparation for construction of 18 miles of border wall in South Texas, angering an environmental group that says the wall will spoil the habitat of numerous endangered species.
Read moreA California antiques dealer who sold narwhal tusks to an undercover agent has been sentenced to probation and was ordered to perform community service and pay fines, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office said Tuesday.
Read moreThe little devil Caribbean seabird, named for its nocturnal habits and haunting call, has been proposed for inclusion on the endangered species list Friday, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Read moreBy DAN ELLIOTT DENVER (AP) — Another rare Colorado River fish has been pulled back from the brink of extinction,
Read moreA small frog created a big stir at the Supreme Court Monday, where Justices weighed how far the federal government can go to protect the habitat of an endangered creature — even if that creature may never call that habitat home.
Read moreHalf of the world’s killer whale populations could collapse in the next century due to the buildup of toxic PCBs, and widespread chemical contamination means only killer whales living near the Arctic and the Antarctic will be left alive according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science.
Read moreA newly discovered hummingbird found in the Andes mountain range in Ecuador is already critically endangered, a group of bird scientists conclude in a new study.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to reconsider its denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the weasel-like Pacific Fisher, finding it ignored evidence of persistent threats to the animal’s survival.
Read moreJapan’s already-endangered orchid populations faces a new threat from a type of seed-eating fly, according to a new study.
Read moreCascadia Wildlands brought a federal complaint against the U.S. Forest Service for approving the Crystal Clear Restoration Project: an 11,700-acre logging sale on Mt. Hood, which includes nearly 4,000 acres of old-growth forest that provides habitat for endangered species.
Read moreThe House Committee on Natural Resources vowed to fight growing public calls to remove the four dams along the Snake River in Idaho, after hearing testimony from those who say the dams are the “economic lifeblood” of the Pacific Northwest and claim their removal would do nothing to benefit imperiled salmon.
Read moreDecades of politics and foot-dragging have stymied the recovery of threatened and endangered Chinook salmon, while an iconic population of killer whales that depends on them veered toward extinction. Now, a last-ditch effort to save the whales may also be what thwarts the recovery of Chinook.
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The U.S. government may have ignored scientific evidence that the rat poison used to protect illegal marijuana farms is killing the weasel-like Pacific fisher when it decided not to designate the animal for legal protection, a federal judge suggested Wednesday.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit ruled Friday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service incorrectly denied endangered listing to a cold-water fish living in the Upper Missouri River Basin in Montana.
Read moreU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday will list the hyacinth macaw, a bird that lives mostly in Brazil, as endangered due to habitat loss from deforestation in the Amazon and climate change.
Read moreDespite fierce opposition from environmental groups over potential harm to the endangered dugong, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that a military base the U.S. government plans to build in Okinawa, Japan, can move forward.
Read moreA Queens man who shipped the skulls of endangered lions and tigers to a wholesale buyer in Thailand was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in federal prison.
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