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A photo captures an Everglades snail kite as it snags a snail in its talons.

Land Management

Miccosukee Tribe, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Co-Stewardship

Looking upstream at West Fork Millacoma River on Elliott State Research Forest

Endangered Species Act

Service Releases Final EIS for the Elliott State Research Forest Habitat Conservation Plan

Grizzly bear standing on a slope

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes Update to Grizzly Bear ESA Listing & Management

The golden-cheeked warbler—a small, yellow-cheeked bird with black and white plumage—perches on a dried branch dotted with orange and light green lichen.

Endangered Species Act

Service's Review Recommends Downlisting of Golden-Cheeked Warbler

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

Ute Ladies’-tresses

Endangered Species Act

Ute Ladies’-tresses Proposed for Delisting Due to Conservation Efforts

A slow moving, brown creek flows in a dense, leafy forest on a sunny day.

Endangered Species Act

Comment Period Open for Eagle Creek Conservation Benefit Agreement

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Draft Recovery Plan for Callippe Silverspot Butterfly

gray wolf lying down with head turned to camera

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers Reward for Information Regarding the Illegal Killing of a Gray Wolf

a brown skink on a leaf

Endangered Species Act

Servicio Federal Propone Listar y Hábitat Crítico para Cuatro Especies de Eslizones del Caribe

a brown skink on a leaf

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing and Critical Habitat for Four Species of Caribbean Skinks

green plant with purple blossoms

Endangered Species Act

Ocmulgee Skullcap Federally Protected

Land Management

Public comment on Multi-Bat Species General Conservation Plan for NY, PA and WV

a group of little brown bats clinging to the roof of a cave

Invasive bat fungus confirmed in five California counties

Conservation Success Story: A Tale of Two Mussels

A woodpecker perched on a tree with a bug in its mouth.

Endangered Species Act

Downlisting of Red-cockaded Woodpecker from Endangered to Threatened

Endangered Species Act

Grizzly Bear 399 Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Snake River Canyon

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opens public review period for desert tortoise conservation plan

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for the Bethany Beach firefly

Grizzly bear walking through a field

Endangered Species Act

Secure Food, Trash, Other Attractants: Help Protect Bears as They Prepare for Winter

Ponds surrounded by browning grass. The pond in the foreground has algae growth and the day is sunny.

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for Three Endangered Aquatic Invertebrates Available

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

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

U.S. fisha dn wildlife staff talk with Fort Meade's Colonel Gore about stream restorationists Ben Hutzell speak with Colonel Gore and ARD Sharon Marino about stream restoration techniques

Habitat Restoration

Fort George G. Meade – A Strong Partner for Climate Resiliency and Wildlife

Watercraft inspector physically inspecting two kayaks on top of truck roof rack for aquatic invasive species.

Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska

Person standing in the back of a flatbed truck examining artificial bat roosts

Endangered Species Act

Concerned about a construction project and how it may affect an endangered species?

Intern in river holding a freshwater mussel

Meet the Future of Conservation

Arkansas Ecological Services Quarterly (January to June 2024)

Endangered Species Act

Partners help northeastern bulrush recover by finding and conserving new populations

An underwater close up of a small grey speckled fish.

Science and Technology

Rare Nevada desert fish receive funding for recovery

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 fisher climbing a tree

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Climbing

Desert Tortoise walking in the desert

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Track

A six-panel comic strip featuring animals that are competing in the Endangered Species Athletics.

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics Opening Ceremony