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Endangered Species Act

Interior Department Finalizes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Act

5 brown coal darters in a viewing container.

Endangered Species Act

Coal Darter Proposed Listing

Big Black rocksnails in water

Science and Technology

Extinct Mississippi snail rediscovered: landowner partnerships key to conservation success

Female Grizzly Bear

Wildlife Management

As Grizzly Bears Emerge from Dens, Wildlife Managers Ask Public to Help Keep Bears Wild

A National Park Service biologist studies a nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle and records data.

Wildlife Wonders

Public Urged to Help Protect Sea Turtles as Nesting Season Arrives in Texas

A picture of a roseate tern, and black and white bird on a beach

Habitat Restoration

Plan to restore natural resources in Buzzards Bay targets Ram Island, home to endangered terns.

Land Management

For Peat's Sake

Proactive conservation supports species at risk

National Guard protects last eastern population of rare butterfly

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Wildlife Wonders

Tune In to California's Vernal Pools

Endangered Species Act

Proposal to list pyramid pigtoe mussel withdrawn

Endangered Species Act

FAQs – Withdrawal of the pyramid pigtoe from listing consideration

Dark colored gray wolf with a Uinta ground squirrel in its mouth

Endangered Species Act

USFWS releases final EIS & draft decision to designate a gray wolf experimental population in Colorado

An adult Chinook salmon leaps out of the rushing white water in Pacific Northwest

Endangered Species Act

Interior Department Announces Millions to Conserve America’s Most Imperiled Species

A wild cat with brown, white, and black markings gazes upward

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Input on Plan to Expand Ocelot Range in South Texas

Picture of Quitobaquito spring in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Endangered Species Act

Springsnail Quitobaquito Tryonia Proposed Listing

Tally Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Endangered Sea Turtle Found Stranded in Wales Returning to Texas

An olive green frog sits partially covered by shallow water

Endangered Species Act

Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Receives ESA Protections

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Three Southeastern Species

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Endangered Species Act

Beardless Chinchweed Final Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing for Two Rare Texas Cavefish

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Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes to List Brawleys Fork Crayfish with 4(d) Rule, Designate Critical Habitat

Endangered Species Act

Proposal to list the salamander mussel as endangered

Partial view- head, upper torso, and right forelimb - of a salamander underwater standing on a rock with leaves and other debris in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Neuse River Waterdog Draft Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Understanding red knot surveys in Delaware Bay

A large grayish white egg begins to crack as the hatchling is ready to emerge

Endangered Species Act

California Condor HPAI Response Update - May 12, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Iowa wildlife refuge is home to ancient snails

A single adult Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle slowly walks across a beach towards the ocean.

Endangered Species Act

Saving the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Endangered Species Act

Forest products company protects majority of habitat for federally protected plant in Maine

An image of a river flowing thorugh a mountain canyon dusted with snow and pine trees on either side under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Wildlife Wonders

How snowpack and snowmelt affect rare wildlife and plants in Nevada & Eastern Sierra

The Service's Delaware program is growing habitat for bog turtles on New Jersey farms

a condor's head with a piece of meat hanging from the beak

Endangered Species Act

California Condor HPAI Response Update - May 5, 2023

a frog sitting on dry grass

Endangered Species Act

A Program with Legs

Deep dive for mussel conservation

Endangered Species Act

FAQ: Final Rule to List Two Missouri Crayfishes

Image of dam with bridge overhead and fish passage structures in the foreground

Habitat Restoration

Fish Passage Projects Support Migrating Fish, Recreational Opportunities and Flood Prevention