"The agency is starved of the money and staff needed to meet those deadlines," said a former career Fish and Wildlife Service ...

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 ...

On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal includes a 4(d) rule ...

A United States federal agency issued authorization to shoot and kill an endangered Mexican gray wolf in the Southwest this ...

USFWS told CPW this month that it cannot source gray wolves from outside the Northern Rocky Mountain region, including from ...

A Florida panther stares. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposes to remove federal protection from cougars in Florida that look like endangered Florida panthers. Removing lookalikes will eliminate ...

On Tuesday, August 5, a District Court judge in Missoula, Montana issued a ruling that could ultimately force the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to end hunting and trapping seasons for wolves in ...

Former congressman and current gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez says USFWS dropped the ball by allowing CPW to import ...

Livestock associations are questioning whether Colorado Parks and Wildlife violated the federal Endangered Species Act when ...

TikTokers are showing off their baby spider monkeys in cute outfits and diapers, but how they're getting them is alarming ...

The incoming Trump Administration is expected to prioritize the rollback of Biden-era endangered species regulations, aiming to reduce the regulatory burden on land-intensive businesses and enhance ...

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 ...