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California Condor soaring over mountains

Endangered Species Act

Informed Mitigation Hatches a Win for Condors

Seeking public comment for Sweet Acres Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Bishop Paiute Tribe, USFWS and partners celebrate establishment of Owens pupfish sanctuary

Seeking public comment for Prosperity Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Two smiling biologists flex their muscles along a river bank

Fighting for Underwater Underdogs

Endangered Species Act

Collaborative conservation keeps lake sturgeon off endangered list

A monarch butterfly pollinates a yellow marigold flower.

5 Pollinator-Friendly Ways You Can Manage Garden Pests

A black-footed ferret in their enclosure.

Science and Technology

Innovative Cloning Advancements for Black-footed Ferret Conservation

Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Habitat Restoration

Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Nature-Based Solutions

A black and white marbled murrelet floating in calm water

Endangered Species Act

Revised Marbled Murrelet Inland Survey Protocol

a yellow bird with a short bill sits on a branch with green leaves

Birds on the Brink

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Revised Recovery Plan for Red Wolf

Endangered Species Act

Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Final Recovery Plan for Colorado Pikeminnow

A pink flower in bloom with silvery green leaves sits in rocky soils.

Endangered Species Act

Northern California perennial plant Lassics lupine receives ESA protection

A hairy black and white animals climbs some rocks.

Endangered Species Act

Service Updates North American Wolverine Species Status Assessment

“Desert Tortoise Week” is back with a month full of events

a snake in a tree

Endangered Species Act

El Servicio retira la propuesta para reclasificar la boa de Islas Vírgenes de en peligro de extinción a amenazada

a close up photo of the relict darter

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reclassifies Fish Native to Western Kentucky

a snake in a tree

Endangered Species Act

Service Withdraws Proposal to Reclassify Virgin Islands Boa From Endangered to Threatened

a fisher climbing a tree

Endangered Species Act

Service Reviews Status of Fisher in Northern California and Southern Oregon

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Two Southeastern Species

Plains spotted skunk in woodland habitat

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act protections not warranted for plains spotted skunk

A pale coral-colored Miami cave crayfish faces the camera while underwater.

Endangered Species Act

Miami Cave Crayfish

A jet black, scaly snake with a burnt orange colored face curled up in some grass

Endangered Species Act

Fighting for Endangered Species - Just Below the Surface

Endangered Species Act

Michigan birding hotspot is part of an endangered species success story

Endangered Species Act

Missouri wildlife refuge is home to blind fish

water and marsh vegetation weave together throughout a wetland

Wildlife Wonders

Four Fish Who Want You To Wet Your Plants

Painting of a California condor wearing tag number 50

Endangered Species Act

Meet the Artist of the "ESA at 50" Artwork

Bats on tribal lands

Construction equipment working on the side of a flowing river

Habitat Restoration

Swimming into Recovery

Saving the rusty patch bumble bee

Aleutian shield fern grows out of the rocks.

Endangered Species Act

The Quest to Find an Endangered Fern

a manatee floating in a tank

Endangered Species Act

It takes a village to save manatees

A polar bear drawing overlaid on the state of Alaska.

Endangered Species Act

Swipe Right on Alaska's Species

A condor with black feathers and a red head looks at the camera

Endangered Species Act

Condor 550 Ready for the Spotlight