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A small brown bat with what looks like white powder on its nose. The white is in fact a fungus.

Wildlife Wonders

Do "bat” an eye. These critters need our help!

A flowering bush with small pale pink flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes 90-day finding for species in California, Nevada and Oregon

Flat design graphic of wind turbines in the Ozark Mountains

New website launches to keep Carroll County informed about Nimbus Wind Farm project

A bright yellow flower in a desert landscape with mountains in the background

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines Las Vegas bearpoppy does not need ESA protections

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for the Bethany Beach firefly

Look & listen: Get to know the 'feisty' Owens pupfish

Ponds surrounded by browning grass. The pond in the foreground has algae growth and the day is sunny.

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for Three Endangered Aquatic Invertebrates Available

Woman sitting on the forest floor examining something in a small tray she is holding

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Rare Spider Monitoring Season Comes to a Close in the Smoky Mountains Backcountry

A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.

Wildlife Management

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Two butterflies on purple flowers with a building in the background

Snapshot: College Students Begin Semester-Long Service With Day at Asheville Pollinator Garden

Grizzly bear walking through a field

Endangered Species Act

Secure Food, Trash, Other Attractants: Help Protect Bears as They Prepare for Winter

An aerial view of a dry creek on the left and a blue body of water on the right, separated by green trees.

Habitat Restoration

$5 Million in BIL Funding Set to Transform Habitat for Bull Trout in Gold Creek

mexican long-nosed bat

Endangered Species Act

Mexican Long-Nosed Bat Revised Recovery Plan

New resource provides guidance for wood-turtle friendly forest management

Seeking public comment for Alliant Wind Interstate Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Two yellow and white speckled fish with slight frowns.

Endangered Species Act

The Service will Evaluate Sonora Chub's Critical Habitat

Seeking public comment on Cardinal Point Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Endangered Species Act

Habitat Conservation Plan for Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Available for Public Comment

Endangered Species Act

Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and Categorical Exclusion Available for Public Comment

Endangered Species Act

Service Finalizes Listing for the Pearl River Map Turtle

a photo or a small fish

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for the Barrens Topminnow

A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders

Endangered Species Act

Mount Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan Federally Listed as Threatened Due to Climate Change Threat

Endangered Species Act

$48.4M for Collaborative Efforts to Conserve America’s Most Imperiled Species

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

a man wearing a wide brimmed hat squats among plants in a front yard.

A “Californian” Yard to Help Pollinators

a person holds a silver freshwater fish called a clear lake hitch. The fish is about a 12 inches.

Habitat Restoration

Where are the Clear Lake hitch?

a brown and tan speckled lizard looks out of a glass container

Endangered Species Act

Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards Get State of the Art Facility

Coastal marten facing the camera.

Endangered Species Act

US Fish and Wildlife Service designates critical habitat for coastal marten

a small bat hanging from a cave roof with white fungus on its nose

Wildlife Management

Preventing and treating white-nose syndrome

Staff talking to students on beach

Florida State University Student Career Shadow Day

Bright blue, Big Sandy crayfish resting on a rock.

Endangered Species Act

Threatened species gets head start at hatchery

a blunt-nosed leopard lizard wearing a tracking collar is released into dry grass

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards over $1 million in 2024 Recovery Challenge Grant Awards in California

a black, green and red frog peeks its head out of a pool of water

Habitat Restoration

Threatened Frogs Move Into Wetlands on Tahoe National Forest Burn Scar

California Condor soaring over mountains

Endangered Species Act

Informed Mitigation Hatches a Win for Condors

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

Two smiling biologists flex their muscles along a river bank

Fighting for Underwater Underdogs