The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reconsidering a rule extending endangered species protections to threatened species. FWS has drafted a proposal to rescind the 4(d) blanket rule, which ...

A national nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) after it says the agency failed to ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from ...

Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting ...

The declaration of a successful recovery of an endangered species and the call for its removal from the List of Endangered and Threatened Species should be the occasion for a celebration. On Jan. 6, ...

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.

Federal officials are removing wood storks, an iconic bird found in south Georgia, from the endangered species list — but environmental advocates say that might not be good news for the birds.

CHEYENNE — A U.S. House committee narrowly approved Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman’s push to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list in the Yellowstone area, despite opposition from ...

Green sea turtles, like this hatchling in Florida, are endangered due in part to habitat destruction and fishing nets. (Keenan Adams/USFWS) It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting ...

In Tuesday’s "Morning Glory" column, I laid out a small part of the abuses perpetrated on farmers, ranchers and landowners by the application of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) to private ...

Two men were sentenced by a federal judge in Brooklyn on Wednesday for their role in trafficking hundreds of federally protected migratory birds, eggs, and endangered species. It was the conclusion to ...