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.

Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.” Its isolation makes the Mt. Graham ...

With each passing year, species across the United States face an uncertain future. As habitats continue to be destroyed, climate change destabilizes weather patterns, and invasive species take over ...

Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting pairs to about 5,000 nesting pairs—primarily due to wetland loss.

For world pangolin day, learn more about how genetic researchers helped pinpoint a hidden lineage of the critically endangered mammals ...

WASHINGTON— In a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reevaluate Endangered Species Act protections for brook floaters. These ...

The Center and allies first filed a legal petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for eastern hellbenders in 2010. After a decade of delay and two lawsuits to enforce listing deadlines, in ...

She is a hoofstock animal keeper at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester in Hampshire, and looks after "everything with hooves" - from giraffes to zebras - as well as white rhinos, tapir, red river hogs and ...

Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States. The ...

SmileHub released a report Feb. 18 "to highlight leaders in conservation and inspire greater efforts to protect wildlife.'' ...

Donations made to the Endangered Resources Fund on your Wisconsin tax form go to conserve rare plants and animals ...