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mexican long-nosed bat

Endangered Species Act

Mexican Long-Nosed Bat Revised Recovery Plan

An underwater close up of a small grey speckled fish.

Science and Technology

Rare Nevada desert fish receive funding for recovery

Wildlife Wonders

Endangered Species Athletics

A six-panel comic strip featuring animals that are competing in the Endangered Species Athletics.

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics Opening Ceremony

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

a fisher climbing a tree

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Climbing

a tan sea turtle lays on the sand under some grass

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Strength

New resource provides guidance for wood-turtle friendly forest management

Desert Tortoise walking in the desert

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Track

A silver bull trout swims among pink and green fish. The trout wears a swim cap and goggles

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Swimming

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

Brown and black spotted lizard in grassy area.

Endangered Species Act

West Texas Lizard Will Not Be Listed Under ESA

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Draft recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

Panama City crayfish

Wildlife Management

Draft Recovery Plan Available for Panama City Crayfish

Female Grizzly Bear

Endangered Species Act

USFWS initiates process to evaluate restoration of grizzly bears in Bitterroot ecosystem

california tiger salamander in hand

Endangered Species Act

Aramis Solar Draft EA and HCP Available for Public Review

Black pinesnake resting, close

Final Recovery Plan for Threatened Black Pinesnake Now Available

Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net

Endangered Species Act

Altamaha Spinymussel

A California tiger salamander on top of dead grass looks toward the camera

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Draft Environmental Assessment and Habitat Conservation Plan Available for Public Review

a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

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

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

5 brown coal darters in a viewing container.

Endangered Species Act

Coal Darter Proposal

Hatchlings, pluck, and long goodbyes

Two Service employees show a teacher the fish tanks in the back of a truck.

Endangered Species Act

Small bat with long ears held by two hands wearing blue gloves

Endangered Species Act

Tagged Mussels in Big Canoe Creek

Endangered Species Act

About Dam Time!

A small brown bat with a silver band on its wing resting on a piece of bark with thin, frilly, silvery-green vegetation

First, find the bats

A large, black beetle with big orange markings and orange-tipped antennas crawls on a human hand.

Endangered Species Act

American burying beetle population in New England reinforced

Science and Technology

Conserving at Flyway Scales

Photo of Bill Lynn, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

OWL: Our Wild Lives

a front shot of a tan colored tipton kangaroo rat on the ground lit by a sunrise

Wildlife Wonders

Capturing Kangaroo Rats

a sitting kit fox

Endangered Species Act

$4.7M in Grants Given to Support Endangered Species Recovery in California

a top down view of a dark colored shasta crayfish with orange in its joints and white speckles resting on pebbles underwater

Wildlife Wonders

Meet the Shasta crayfish, the last of California's native crayfish

Person kneeling over a shallow pool, their hands in the water

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Yancey and Mitchell County, N.C. Students Explore Local Streams