Three vital provisions give the Act its teeth. It’s “citizen-suit” provision lets public-interest groups and individuals petition and sue sluggish federal agencies to make sure the Act protects ...

The monarch butterfly population continues to shrink due to factors such as climate change. People working to help the species say proposed federal protections could boost existing efforts.

The property features a peat-bearing wetland called ... that take thousands of years to develop. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the butterfly as an endangered species in 1992 ...

Brazil’s so-called animal lottery, known in the local tongue as Jogo do Bicho. It dates back to the 19th century and was initially put on by the owner of a local zoo to encourage people to visit.

Grizzlies are doing so well that they are spilling out of parklands, where they are encountering an increasing number of people ... taking the animals off of the Endangered Species Act list.

the Endangered Species Act makes it illegal to take, transport sell, transport or ship. The Wildlife Service is thinking of allowing people to raise up to 250 monarchs a year. To raise more ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science ...

Dave Golden, assistant commissioner for the Division of Fish and Wildlife, called the recovery and the removal from the endangered species list ... commitment of many people over the past 40 ...

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look ... reporting 138 new species discoveries by its scientists in 2024. They range from a fish called a goby that lives in sponges in ...

They range from a fish called a goby that lives in sponges in Indonesian waters to an endangered dahlia from Oaxaca, Mexico. Bennett said so far, only a 10th of the world's species have been ...

A Trump executive order directs agencies to 'to route more water' across the state. But some say there's a lot more at stake.

The Endangered Species Act ... that make it permanently unusable for the species. Incidental kills resulting from vehicle strikes would be allowed, people could continue to transport fewer than ...