Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting ...
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 ...
The lawsuit asks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend federal protection to hellbenders — a type of salamander ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct a one-year status review of the Iowa skipper butterfly to determine whether it deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act. Contrary to its name, ...
The proposed quarry near the heart of the Belle Mina community is likely to have “more than minor detrimental effects” for three endangered snails that are within Limestone Creek, according to the U.S ...
Federal officials are removing wood storks, an iconic bird found in south Georgia, from the endangered species list — but ...
This article was updated at 3:32 p.m. EDT. Deep-frozen wildlife cell samples could enable the future cloning of at-risk species under a technically adventurous initiative by the Fish and Wildlife ...
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, ...
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