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Service Proposes Listing Santa Ana Speckled Dace as Threatened Species

close up of a freshwater mussel laying in a person's hand

Endangered Species Act

Public Invited to Comment on Slabside Pearlymussel Draft Recovery Plan

A rosette of succulent leaves with pink and white flowers are splayed out among brown leaves.

Endangered Species Act

Bartram's Stonecrop Draft Recovery Plan Available

Cedar Key mole skink

Endangered Species Act

Cedar Key mole skink

A group of small yellow and speckled fish with a dark background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Long Valley Speckled Dace Proposed Listing Rule

two men shake hands while standing behind large table

Service, Navy partner to protect San Clemente Island’s endemic wildlife

Regal fritillary butterfly on a common milkweed

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes ESA Protections for Both Subspecies of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly

Light green, lobed leaves grow in a basal rosette. Two slightly blooming yellow flowers erupt from the plant’s center.

Endangered Species Act

Texas Golden Gladecress Draft Recovery Plan

Arkansas Ecological Services Quarterly (January to June 2024)

Endangered Species Act

Service Extends Final Listing Rule and Reopens Comment Period for Texas Catfishes

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to delist wetland plant

A shrub-like plant with showy, bright orange flowers.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Gierisch mallow

Land Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Input on Proposed National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Maryland

Florida bonneted bat laying on a tree branch.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for the Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat

various sized mussel shells on biologist’s hand above water.

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

Photo of a male silverspot butterfly, showing orange and black upper side in vegetation with wings spread

Endangered Species Act

Silverspot butterfly receives protections under Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Public Input on Nebraska R-Project Transmission Line

A close up image of a very small dark brown springsnail on the tip of someone's finger.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes initial review of ESA petition for Kings River springsnail

Brown and black spotted lizard in grassy area.

Endangered Species Act

West Texas Lizard Will Not Be Listed Under ESA

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Draft recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

Panama City crayfish

Wildlife Management

Draft Recovery Plan Available for Panama City Crayfish

Female Grizzly Bear

Endangered Species Act

USFWS initiates process to evaluate restoration of grizzly bears in Bitterroot ecosystem

california tiger salamander in hand

Endangered Species Act

Aramis Solar Draft EA and HCP Available for Public Review

A large, black beetle with big orange markings and orange-tipped antennas crawls on a human hand.

Endangered Species Act

American burying beetle population in New England reinforced

Science and Technology

Conserving at Flyway Scales

Photo of Bill Lynn, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

OWL: Our Wild Lives

a front shot of a tan colored tipton kangaroo rat on the ground lit by a sunrise

Wildlife Wonders

Capturing Kangaroo Rats

a top down view of a dark colored shasta crayfish with orange in its joints and white speckles resting on pebbles underwater

Wildlife Wonders

Meet the Shasta crayfish, the last of California's native crayfish

Person kneeling over a shallow pool, their hands in the water

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Yancey and Mitchell County, N.C. Students Explore Local Streams

Land Management

Landscape conservation, fish passage, and ecosystem restoration — Oh, my!

a sitting kit fox

Endangered Species Act

$4.7M in Grants Given to Support Endangered Species Recovery in California

an orange and brown butterfly with white and black markings standing on dry ground by a plant

New Project Aims to Give Endangered Bay Area Butterfly a Boost

An adult California spotted owl sits on a tree branch looking at the camera

Endangered Species Act

The Sound of Science

Several people walking into a river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand

Bill Tate, wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service catches an Okaloosa darter in a stream on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Endangered Species Act

Okaloosa Darter Makes Epic Comeback: What's Next?