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Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

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

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender

Habitat Restoration

Between a Rock and an Endangered Place

An Arkansas River Shiners swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces the Final Recovery Plan for the Arkansas River Shiner

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

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Endangered Species Act

The Delisting of the Florida Golden Aster

Spectacled eider

Migratory Species

Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks

Several people walking into a river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand

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

Endangered Species Act

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

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender

An Arkansas River Shiners swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces the Final Recovery Plan for the Arkansas River Shiner

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

Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...

Endangered Species Act

The Delisting of the Florida Golden Aster

An Arkansas River Shiners swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Imperiled Arkansas River Shiner

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

Endangered Species Act

Sea Otter Open Houses

red wolf painted on a building with red background

Endangered Species Act

Service Works with Partners to Unveil Mural of World’s Most Endangered Wolf at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

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

Endangered Species Act

Altamaha Spinymussel

older female red wolf crossing a field

Endangered Species Act

Service Delays Publication of Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Red Wolf

A small yellow flower on a thin green stalk in the foreground, with blurred stalks in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Comments on Recovery Plan for Endangered Arizona Flower

mexican long-nosed bat

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan Available for Mexican Long-Nosed Bat

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

Habitat Restoration

Between a Rock and an Endangered Place

Spectacled eider

Migratory Species

Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks

Several people walking into a river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand

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

Endangered Species Act

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

Freshwater mussel survey in southeast Georgia

2023 ACF Basin Freshwater Mussel Workshop

Endangered Species Act

The road to recovering the endangered James spinymussel

Two people crouching beside an ice cube tray filled with water and insects, which is set on an identification key.

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Mitchell County, N.C. Students Learn About Animals of the North Toe River

Students walking across a broad, rocky beach to a shallow river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Students in North Carolina's Yancey County Hit The Water