Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Endangered Species Act saved the American peregrine falcon from extinction. An "update" to the law could jeopardize such ...

The Trump administration has proposed sweeping revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could significantly change how the nation protects its most vulnerable wildlife, raising alarms among ...

American bald eagles need towering trees to raise young. Blanding’s turtles thrive in undisturbed freshwater habitats. Presidio manzanita, an evergreen shrub, requires unusual serpentine soils to grow ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration for deciding not to protect American ...

The piping plover is a federally endangered species in Pennsylvania. In 2017, a pair was found nesting on Presque Isle for the first time in 60 years. The federal Endangered Species Act is getting ...

President Trump's administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations from the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— A federal court ruled today that the federal government’s attempts to undercut Endangered Species Act protections for the sake of coal mining were illegal. Coal mines will now be ...

A monarch butterfly lands on a zinia at Verrill Farm on September 26, 2025. Editorial Fellow From animals as small as American bumble bees and monarch butterflies to those as large as manatees, bison, ...

The North American wolverine has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday. Officials said climate change has threatened ...

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) issued on November 19th four proposed Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) rules. To a great extent, ...

“The proposed changes, coupled with the mass firing of dedicated staff at US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service, put the fate of species like Pacific salmon, the ghost orchid, and the red ...

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...