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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

Wildlife Wonders

Endangered Species Athletics

a tan sea turtle lays on the sand under some grass

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Strength

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

Green sea turtle trapped in jetty rocks in Texas

Green Sea Turtle Strandings Increase Along Jetties on the Texas Coast

A National Park Service biologist studies a nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle and records data.

Wildlife Wonders

Public Urged to Help Protect Sea Turtles as Nesting Season Arrives in Texas

Bushy whitlow-wort

Endangered Species Act

Rare South Texas Plant Proposed for Listing Under Endangered Species Act

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

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

Group of manatees resting in the warm, clear, blue water of Three Sisters Springs

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions

A wild cat with brown, white, and black markings gazes upward

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Input on Plan to Expand Ocelot Range in South Texas

Tally Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Endangered Sea Turtle Found Stranded in Wales Returning to Texas

Navasota false foxglove

Endangered Species Act

Rare Texas Plant Proposed as Endangered Under Endangered Species Act

A single adult Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle slowly walks across a beach towards the ocean.

Endangered Species Act

Saving the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle basks in the beach sun.

Wildlife Wonders

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins on the Texas Coast

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Endangered Species Act

Rufa red knot revised proposed critical habitat FAQs

Three fingers hold a prostrate milkweed in bloom.

Service Lists Rare South Texas Milkweed as Endangered

West Texas landscape

Habitat Restoration

Partners For Fish and Wildlife Restores Thousands of Acres for Texas Wildlife in 2022

Endangered Species Act

Texas Prairie Dawn-flower: Every Flower Matters

Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, smells with his tounge July 11, 2022.

Endangered Species Act

Louisiana Pinesnake Proposed Critical Habitat FAQs

Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, smells with his tounge July 11, 2022.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for the Louisiana Pinesnake

A stranded loggerhead sea turtle on a Texas beach

Endangered Species Act

Sea Turtle Rehab Facilities Responding to Loggerhead Strandings on Texas Coast

Hands holding four Texas hornshell mussels

Endangered Species Act

Recovery Plan for Texas Hornshell Available

a low growing flowering plant with cream and green flowers

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Endangered Status and Designation of Critical Habitat for Rare South Texas Milkweed

western burrowing owl held in gloved hands

Migratory Species

Burrowing owls find new homes in South Texas

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

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

Green sea turtle trapped in jetty rocks in Texas

Green Sea Turtle Strandings Increase Along Jetties on the Texas Coast

A National Park Service biologist studies a nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle and records data.

Wildlife Wonders

Public Urged to Help Protect Sea Turtles as Nesting Season Arrives in Texas

Bushy whitlow-wort

Endangered Species Act

Rare South Texas Plant Proposed for Listing Under Endangered Species Act

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

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

Group of manatees resting in the warm, clear, blue water of Three Sisters Springs

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions

A wild cat with brown, white, and black markings gazes upward

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Input on Plan to Expand Ocelot Range in South Texas

Tally Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Endangered Sea Turtle Found Stranded in Wales Returning to Texas

Navasota false foxglove

Endangered Species Act

Rare Texas Plant Proposed as Endangered Under Endangered Species Act

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle basks in the beach sun.

Wildlife Wonders

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins on the Texas Coast

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Three fingers hold a prostrate milkweed in bloom.

Service Lists Rare South Texas Milkweed as Endangered

Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, smells with his tounge July 11, 2022.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for the Louisiana Pinesnake

A stranded loggerhead sea turtle on a Texas beach

Endangered Species Act

Sea Turtle Rehab Facilities Responding to Loggerhead Strandings on Texas Coast

Hands holding four Texas hornshell mussels

Endangered Species Act

Recovery Plan for Texas Hornshell Available

a low growing flowering plant with cream and green flowers

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Endangered Status and Designation of Critical Habitat for Rare South Texas Milkweed