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Two butterflies on purple flowers with a building in the background

Snapshot: College Students Begin Semester-Long Service With Day at Asheville Pollinator Garden

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

An aerial view of a dry creek on the left and a blue body of water on the right, separated by green trees.

Habitat Restoration

$5 Million in BIL Funding Set to Transform Habitat for Bull Trout in Gold Creek

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

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

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

a brown snake with yellow stripes rests on a log

Endangered Species Act

Final Roosevelt Dam Habitat Conservation Plan Amendment

Image of North Park phacelia, a small plant in muddy soil with purple flowers and green leaves

Endangered Species Act

North Park phacelia thrives due to conservation measures, proposed for delisting

Bushy whitlow-wort

Endangered Species Act

Rare South Texas Plant Proposed for Listing Under Endangered Species Act

Land Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Input on Proposed National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Maryland

Florida bonneted bat laying on a tree branch.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for the Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat

various sized mussel shells on biologist’s hand above water.

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

Photo of a male silverspot butterfly, showing orange and black upper side in vegetation with wings spread

Endangered Species Act

Silverspot butterfly receives protections under Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Public Input on Nebraska R-Project Transmission Line

A close up image of a very small dark brown springsnail on the tip of someone's finger.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes initial review of ESA petition for Kings River springsnail

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

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 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

Land Management

Landscape conservation, fish passage, and ecosystem restoration — Oh, my!

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

a sitting kit fox

Endangered Species Act

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

An adult California spotted owl sits on a tree branch looking at the camera

Endangered Species Act

The Sound of Science

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

Several people walking into a river

Endangered Species Act

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

Bill Tate, wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service catches an Okaloosa darter in a stream on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Endangered Species Act

Okaloosa Darter Makes Epic Comeback: What's Next?

Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Endangered Species Act

Flight to Survive