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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.

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Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

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Interior Department Finalizes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Act

A striped fish, Roanoke logperch, swims along a rocky stream.

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Proposal to delist Roanoke logperch

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Revisions Strengthen Endangered Species Act

sloth in tree

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Small Wonder: Island Sloth Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

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Proposal to list pyramid pigtoe mussel withdrawn

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FAQs – Withdrawal of the pyramid pigtoe from listing consideration

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

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Protected spaces give bog turtles a reason to come out of their shell

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Information From the Public

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Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan

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Draft recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

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Interior Department Takes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Protections

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Protecting two more freshwater mussel species under the Endangered Species Act

By rubbing their flippers and forepaws simultaneously, sea otters increase the efficiency of a grooming session.

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Sea Otter Open Houses

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Service Proposes to List Two South American Bird Species as Endangered

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Funds Available for Endangered and Rescued Species Care During the Pandemic

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Midwest biologists named Endangered Species Recovery Champions

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$62.5M for Endangered Species Recovery Planning

Wildlife Management

Final Policies on Mitigating Impacts of Development to Further Conservation

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

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Egyptian Tortoise Listed as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act

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4 Species May Need Endangered Species Act Protection

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Virtual public hearing on Bay-Delta longfin smelt set for March 14

brown, white and black bird stands in shallow water

Habitat Restoration

Beach Restoration Delivers New Nesting Habitat for Snowy Plovers

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Apalachicola Comeback

Spectacled eider

Migratory Species

Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks

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

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American burying beetle population in New England reinforced

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

Wildlife Wonders

Capturing Kangaroo Rats

Two people hold a broad net in a river with green vegetation on the banks.

Shoal-Searching in the Conasauga

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

an orange and brown butterfly with white and black markings standing on dry ground by a plant

New Project Aims to Give Endangered Bay Area Butterfly a Boost

Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and other partners pose for the Numana Dam groundbreaking.

Habitat Restoration

Numana Dam Fish Passage Project

Grasses with tall seed heads and conifer trees in the distance

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Snapshot: 48 hours in search of one of the world’s rarest spiders

From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle

Land Management

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – unique, worth every ounce of effort

Adult Whooping Crane standing on a nest over an egg surrounded by water

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Whooping Cranes: Reflecting on 50 Years of ESA Protection and Habitat Conservation