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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 

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

Habitat Restoration

NV Native Seed Partnership awarded $3.74 million for habitat restoration in the Great Basin

Grizzly bear attempting to cross the road, surrounded by cars and people.

Endangered Species Act

Wildlife Partners Urge Responsible Behavior on Togwotee Pass

Mojave Desert Tortoise facing out of burrow

Endangered Species Act

BLM, USFWS seek public input on Northern Corridor Alternatives in Utah

Seeking public comment for Sweet Acres Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Seeking public comment for Prosperity Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Endangered Species Act

Collaborative conservation keeps lake sturgeon off endangered list

A black-footed ferret in their enclosure.

Science and Technology

Innovative Cloning Advancements for Black-footed Ferret Conservation

a brown owl with white spots sits on a snag with brown foliage in the background

Endangered Species Act

3 Efforts Underway that Support the California Spotted Owl and Reduce Wildfire Risk

An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.

Decision-making in a new era of conservation

students setting up trail camera in the woods

Wildlife Management

An Amazing Journey From Intern to Zoologist

Yellow and green fish held in hand within a net.

Science and Technology

Lahontan cutthroat trout biologists have a new tool for conservation

Two people kneel as they place small seedlings in the ground

Habitat Restoration

Innovative restoration shows promise

Endangered Species Act

Songs for 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

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

Endangered Species Act

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

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

Endangered Species Act

6 New Year’s resolutions to protect endangered species

a group of five people stand around a cooler holding frogs next to a stream. One person is holding a frog that will be released into the creek.

Endangered Species Act Supports Collaborative Conservation