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Manatee resting in a body of water with a school of mangrove snappers..

  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Two West Indian Manatee Subspecies

Florida manatee swims in shallow water toward camera.

Endangered Species Act

Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos Propone Hábitat Crítico para el Manatí de Florida y el Manatí Antillano en Puerto Rico

purple with white wing tips flowers cluster along a matt of green among tan stones

Endangered Species Act

Sentry Milk-Vetch Revised Recovery Plan Draft Available

Group of people sitting on a forest floor holding electronic devices

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: North Carolina Biologists Learn to Listen for Bats

Goats standing in a corral looking at the camera with a sagebrush landscape and mountains in the background.

Habitat Restoration

Goats are here to help!

Mouth open on goldish silvery fish in murky water

Endangered Species Act

Healthy habitat for hitch

Mazama pocket gopher in a gloved hand

Endangered Species Act

Tumwater O&M Facility HCP and Draft EAS Now Available, Public Comment Period Opening

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender

A photo collage of seven species found in the Edwards Aquifer on a black background. The species are the orange Comal Springs dryopid beetle, the pink to clear Texas blind salamander, the tan to orange San Marcos salamander, the orange to burnt red Comal Springs riffle beetle. The second row of species features the clear Peck’s cave amphipod, the green and yellow Texas wild-rice and tan and blue fountain darter.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan Available for Seven Listed Species of the Edwards Aquifer

Black creek crayfish in a green net

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing the Black Creek Crayfish as endangered under the Endangered Species Act    

Biologist seated on the forest floor, closely examining a rock face

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Endangered Spider Search at the Top of the Smoky Mountains

Hands holding fish in viewing glass

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan Now Available for Barrens Topminnow 

Endangered Species Act

Rio Grande Chub and Sucker Not in Danger of Extinction

Green sea turtle trapped in jetty rocks in Texas

Green Sea Turtle Strandings Increase Along Jetties on the Texas Coast

large fish swimming upstream

Endangered Species Act

Draft Environmental Assessment for the Swan River Valley Bull Trout Recovery Project Available for Public Comment

Snail crawling up a vertical rock face

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 59 Southeastern Species

Texas fatmucket

Endangered Species Act

Seven Central Texas Mussels Listed Under Endangered Species Act

Seeking public comment for Great Pathfinder Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Jaguar

Endangered Species Act

The Service Finalizes Revisions to Jaguar Critical Habitat in Arizona

a small furry mammal clings to a tree at night

Endangered Species Act

US Fish and Wildlife Service designates critical habitat for coastal marten

Endangered Species Act

Service seeks public comment on proposed critical habitat for Dixie Valley toad

Endangered Species Act

Draft Azalea Hybrid Power Park HCP Available for Public Comment

dunes sagebrush lizard crawls over sand and twigs

Endangered Species Act

The Service Lists Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Iowa Topeka Shiner Partnership Named Recovery Champions

A monarch butterfly pollinates a yellow marigold flower.

5 Pollinator-Friendly Ways You Can Manage Garden Pests

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

Big Black rocksnails in water

Science and Technology

Extinct Mississippi snail rediscovered: landowner partnerships key to conservation success

Land Management

For Peat's Sake

Proactive conservation supports species at risk

National Guard protects last eastern population of rare butterfly

a white plastic tray with nine partitions holds one light brown fairy shrimp in each partition. In the center is the text "the Branchi Bunch" in a font like the title of the sitcom, the Brady Bunch, to parody the opening title screen of the show.

Wildlife Wonders

Tune In to California's Vernal Pools

Endangered Species Act

FAQs – Withdrawal of the pyramid pigtoe from listing consideration

Migratory Species

Where do birds go offshore? The answers may be blowing in the wind