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A cluster of light green, cone-shaped flowers of Arizona eryngo blooms among other Arizona eryngo plants.

Endangered Species Act

Arizona Eryngo Draft Recovery Plan Available

Intern in river holding a freshwater mussel

Meet the Future of Conservation

close up of a freshwater mussel laying in a person's hand

Endangered Species Act

Public Invited to Comment on Slabside Pearlymussel Draft Recovery Plan

Service Proposes Listing Santa Ana Speckled Dace as Threatened Species

A rosette of succulent leaves with pink and white flowers are splayed out among brown leaves.

Endangered Species Act

Bartram's Stonecrop Draft Recovery Plan Available

Cedar Key mole skink

Endangered Species Act

Cedar Key mole skink

A group of small yellow and speckled fish with a dark background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Long Valley Speckled Dace Proposed Listing Rule

Regal fritillary butterfly on a common milkweed

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes ESA Protections for Both Subspecies of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly

two men shake hands while standing behind large table

Service, Navy partner to protect San Clemente Island’s endemic wildlife

Light green, lobed leaves grow in a basal rosette. Two slightly blooming yellow flowers erupt from the plant’s center.

Endangered Species Act

Texas Golden Gladecress Draft Recovery Plan

Arkansas Ecological Services Quarterly (January to June 2024)

Endangered Species Act

Service Extends Final Listing Rule and Reopens Comment Period for Texas Catfishes

Wildlife Management

National Dialogue Initiated on Working Landscapes and Gray Wolves

Texas Fatmucket freshwater mussel

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement Approved for Lower Colorado River Basin Mussels

group of people outdoors posing for a photo. A small sign that reads Masonville Cove can be seen

Service celebrates a decade of Connecting People to Nature through Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships

A threatened Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) basks atop bed of pine needles. This snake occurs in West Louisiana and East Texas in longleaf pine savannah, a habitat that was mostly reduced by the 1930s.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Louisiana Pinesnake Now Available

Endangered Species Act

Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Listing Proposal for Texas Blind Catfish

Biologist holds armored snails

Endangered Species Act

Armored Snail Draft Recovery Plan

Illegal Killing of Gray Wolf in Jackson County, Oregon

Fort Drum earns Regional Military Conservation Partner Award

Grotto sculpin underwater

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for grotto sculpin open for public comment

Lynx Walking

Endangered Species Act

Canada lynx draft recovery plan available for public review & comment

Yellow and white Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress

Endangered Species Act

Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress Recovery Plan

Service Issues Incidental Take Permit for Pine Tree Wind Farm in Kern County

Plant with a small white flower in the foreground, person in the background

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Teaming Up In Search of Endangered White Irisette

Wildlife Wonders

Helping hand for hard-working mussel

Endangered Species Act

Green Sea Turtle

a california red-legged frog is partially submerged in a brown and green pond

Endangered Species Act

Threatened Frog Spotted in Mosquito Fire Burn Scar

Endangered green sea turtles bask on a beach next to each other.

Endangered Species Act

Preguntas Frecuentes - Tortuga Verde - Propuesta para Designar Hábitat Crítico Terrestre y Marino

Key deer doe and fawn

Endangered Species Act

Key Deer: Wild Animals in a Wildland-Urban Interface

A closeup portrait of a female eastern indigo snake shows the iridescent black scales with a coral hue tinting her jaw and nose.

Endangered Species Act

Eastern Indigo Snake

a tan and black speckled frog jumps from a biologist's hand into a bubbling creek

Endangered Species Act

Hopping Back Home

An Okaloosa darter hovers in clear stream water.

Habitat Restoration

Delisting the Okaloosa Darter

a bee's head coming out of the dirt

Alaska's 100 Bees

Southern Elktoe from the Apalachicola River

Endangered Species Act

Frequently Asked Questions

a blunt-nosed leopard lizard wearing a tracking collar is released into dry grass

Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizards Return to the Panoche Hills Plateau