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A male and female nēnē stand in the rain looking out in opposite directions. The have black heads, black eyes outlined in white, light brown necks and a dark gray collar. There is an out of focus green background behind them. Water is beading on their backs and heads.

Nēnē Illegally Killed on Kauaʻi, Reward Offered for Information

Two people standing in a river at night, looking up at a bridge

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Tropical Storm Helene’s Impacts on Area Bats Slowly Come Into Focus

Several heart-shaped leaves, each dark green with a light green pattern, growing just above the ground

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Removes Native Carolina Plant from Endangered Species List

New England Cottontail in clearing

Helping a rare rabbit multiply

Two large white crane stand in a field of green grass and yellow flowers..

Endangered Species Act

2025 Wintering Whooping Crane Count

Endangered Species Act

Advancing Freshwater Mussel Conservation

A small, wiry plant with alternating stems and flower buds at each tip

Endangered Species Act

Texas screwstem not warranted for federal protection

A tan and translucent beetle sits on a rock underwater.

Endangered Species Act

Partner-led habitat conservation prevents federal listing of the Edwards Aquifer diving beetle

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

Recovery Plan Finalized for Listed Species of the Edwards Aquifer

Teaching by example in Neosho, Missouri

A bumble bee covered in pollen sitting at a Spalding's catchfly flower

Endangered Species Act

Taking a Closer Look at Pollinators for a Rare Species

Ghost Orchid Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

Through calm, clear waters, an emerald-green spiral springsnail is shown, sitting on a tan rock with holes.

Endangered Species Act

Three Forks Springsnail’s Final Recovery Plan Available

purple with white wing tips flowers cluster along a matt of green among tan stones

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Sentry Milk-Vetch Recovery Plan

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

Endangered Species Act

Services Approves Final Recovery Plan for Texas Golden Gladecress

a tan sea turtle lays on the sand under some grass

Endangered Species Act

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Kicks Off on the Texas Coast

Endangered Species Act

Comment period reopened for monarch butterfly listing proposal

a black and yellow bee on an orange and yellow flower

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Comment Period for Proposal to List Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee as Endangered

A small skipper is perched on yellow flowers.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reopens comment period on the proposal to list the bleached sandhill skipper; Virtual public hearing scheduled for April 16

The spinytail crayfish is small and slender. It has a hard, reddish-brown shell with darker markings. Its tail is tapered with spiny ridges along the edges.

Endangered Species Act

Spinytail Crayfish Remain Strong

A black-chinned hummingbird is in flight as it is nectaring on big red sage plant.

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Federal Protection for Big Red Sage

Golden-cheeked warbler at Guadalupe River State Park. Endangered/threatened species

Endangered Species Act

Service Completes Review of Petition for Golden-Cheeked Warbler

Mouth open on goldish silvery fish in murky water

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes to List Clear Lake Hitch

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

Endangered Species Act

Bartram's Stonecrop Final Recovery Plan Available

cartoon of a woman silhouette in black walking with a suitcase in one hand and a turtle in a carrier in the other

Science and Technology

Pet Permit Applications For International Travel Digitized

A view of a dam and river surrounded by trees.

Migratory Species

Raritan River Fish Passage Initiative

Habitat Restoration

Restoring the Coasts

Science and Technology

Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge is bunny paradise

Closeup of bluebell flower

Wildlife Wonders

Arctic Valentine

A volunteer caravaning multiple green sea turtles on a blue kayak

What Happens to Turtles When it Snows in the Sunshine State?

a dark turtle with small yellow spots swims in water with large green leaves and a large yellow flower bud, with blurred green plants in the background

Science and Technology

Returning turtles to the wild

A squirrel with a pine cone

Endangered Species Act

The Mount Graham Red Squirrel’s Fight for Survival

Endangered Species Act

Expanding Wisconsin wetland habitat with coastal funding

A small skipper sits atop yellow flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on Bleached Sandhill Skipper Proposed Listing Rule

cartoon drawing of an Alabama beach mouse with a tan coat next to a shrub

Endangered Species Act

The Little Mouse and the Beach House

Endangered Species Act

The Work of Generations