Several endangered species in the U.S. have recovered from their endangered status thanks to federal protections.

It used to be considered against the law in America to starve a member of an endangered species to death or harm it by ...

A bipartisan Endangered Species Act bill seeks recovery metrics and incentives, while separate House and regulatory fights ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would not be considered illegal unless the animals were specifically targeted, under a new interpretation of ...

A September 2026 directive from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service means unintentional killings of protected species may no ...

The giraffe population has dwindled to a point where the species should be protected under federal endangered species laws, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday, signaling what would be the first ...

From Egg Harbor Township wetlands to Gulf oil exemptions, a Sierra Club volunteer connects local activism to a wider fight over the Endangered Species Act.

With the administration of U.S. Donald Trump moving quickly to roll back endangered species protections, some U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to support and improve species recovery efforts.

By redefining the meaning of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, the administration is giving big corporations a gift they have long demanded. When wildfires destroy homes in California, or climate ...

The Barbary macaque is legally protected in Algeria; however, crop losses could increase hostility toward the species if ...

A secret to recovering high numbers of endangered and threatened species lies with the most overlooked among them: plants. Although endangered plants have historically received significantly less ...