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a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

El Servicio finaliza la inclusión del diablotín como especie en peligro de extinción

A bolson tortoise moving along a sandy surface next to some dry grass.

Endangered Species Act

How Gertie the Bolson Tortoise Led Her Species to Recovery: Part One

a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

Service Finalizes Listing of Black-Capped Petrel as an Endangered Species

One person hands a large tortoise to another person, with desert grasslands in the background.

Endangered Species Act

How Gertie the Bolson Tortoise Led Her Species to Recovery Part Two

Endangered Species Act

30 Years after listing, seabeach amaranth population thriving on Long Island

5 brown coal darters in a viewing container.

Endangered Species Act

Coal Darter Proposal

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for West Virginia spring salamander

Pink and purple skies over snow-covered marsh and unfrozen water.

Endangered Species Act

6 New Year’s resolutions to protect endangered species

Photograph of one Pinaleno talussnail on rock.

Endangered Species Act

Two Arizona Land Snails Do Not Warrant ESA Listing

Endangered Species Act

Draft recovery plan released for endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat

Wildlife Management

National Dialogue Initiated on Working Landscapes and Gray Wolves

Wildlife Management

Final Policies on Mitigating Impacts of Development to Further Conservation

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 67 Southeastern Species

Endangered Species Act

Furbish’s Lousewort, One of the First Federally Protected Plants, Now Faces a Lower Risk of Extinction

silvery fish known as clear like hitch spawning in very shallow waters

Endangered Species Act

Service Continues Investments in Clear Lake Hitch Research

a biologist holding a red wolf pup

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Public Meetings on Red Wolf Recovery Program

a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

El Servicio Reabre el Período de Comentarios sobre la Propuesta de Listar al Diablotín

a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

Service Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Listing of Black-Capped Petrel

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle basks in the beach sun.

Wildlife Wonders

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins on the Texas Coast

Endangered Species Act

Two species of Missouri crayfish listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

a riverbank covered in moss

Endangered Species Act

Central Texas Moss Listed as Endangered

An image of a brown bird with a white chest and neck standing in low grassland and sage habitat.

Endangered Species Act

Service seeks public comment on 2013 bi-state sage-grouse proposed listing rule

Two white thistle flowers in the foreground with a faded green forest background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Provides Endangered Species Protections for the Wright’s Marsh Thistle

Habitat Restoration

Columbia River, National Fish Passage Program Project Receives State Land Board Award

Texas groundwater invertebrates

Catching the Bug with the Service’s Groundwater Invertebrate Experts in Texas

A young woman in muddy boots and a hat with the Service shield on it holds a small grass plant. She kneels in the mud of a marsh. Next to her a volunteer with a beard, brimmed hat, and safety vest, pats the dirt around a recently planted grass plug.

Sarah Shearer: A term employee makes a permanent impression

Wildlife Wonders

“The Coolest Mammals on Earth”

A large adult black bear plodding across a grassy field with vegetation in its mouth

For Parents and Educators

Four Elements of a Healthy Forest

Endangered Species Act

Gopher Tortoise Notice of Findings FAQs

a gray and olive colored fat toad with bumpy skin sits on pine needles in a burned forest

Wildlife Wonders

How Does Wildfire Impact Wildlife and Forests?

Diversity of effort benefits diversity in nature

Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, smells with his tounge July 11, 2022.

Endangered Species Act

Louisiana Pinesnake Proposed Critical Habitat FAQs

Two people crouching beside an ice cube tray filled with water and insects, which is set on an identification key.

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Mitchell County, N.C. Students Learn About Animals of the North Toe River

Biologist beside a boulder, teasing through moss and dirt with a pair of tweezers.

Endangered Species Act

Tracking a needle in a haystack – monitoring the endangered spruce-fir moss spider

Students walking across a broad, rocky beach to a shallow river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Students in North Carolina's Yancey County Hit The Water