A new agreement between a conservation group and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service moves a toad found only in Nevada closer to federal protection.

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 ...

Center for Food Safety filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) yesterday to compel the U.S. Fish and ...

Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the ...

TUSCON, Ariz. (WATE) — A national nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) after it says the agency failed to finalize protection for eastern hellbender salamanders ...

Amid ongoing political shifts and court challenges over the last several years, different administrations have promulgated multiple revisions to the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) core implementing ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TUSCON, Ariz. (WATE) — A national nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) after it says the ...