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

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Three Forks Springsnail Available

Endangered Species Act

The Work of Generations

a brown skink on a leaf

Endangered Species Act

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

a brown skink on a leaf

Endangered Species Act

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

a black and yellow insect that's fuzzy

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes to List Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee as Endangered, Seeks Public Comment

Dan Murphy: Taking a Landscape Approach to Conserving Wildlife

American Alligators in CITES Export Programs

Endangered Species Act

Proposing critical habitat for four mussel species

Endangered Species Act

Proposal to list the eastern hellbender as endangered

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act protection for monarch butterfly

Clusters of small white flowers with yellow centers that appear popcorn like, with green stems and leaves in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes to Reclassify Rough Popcornflower from Endangered to Threatened

Trout in shallow cobbled brook.

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Endangered Species Act Protections Not Warranted for Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout

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

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

Black creek crayfish in a green net

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing the Black Creek Crayfish as endangered under the Endangered Species Act    

Hands holding fish in viewing glass

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan Now Available for Barrens Topminnow 

Endangered Species Act

Service Releases Five-Year Status Review for Marbled Murrelet

Endangered Species Act

Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect Imperiled Spotted Owls

a bright orange lily with dark red speckles and anthers

Endangered Species Act

Service announces availability of draft recovery plans for three listed California plants

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

Endangered Species Act

Seeking public comment on Michigan habitat conservation plan

Service Proposes Listing Santa Ana Speckled Dace as Threatened Species

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

a fisher climbing a tree

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Climbing

a tan sea turtle lays on the sand under some grass

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Strength

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

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics Opening Ceremony

Crayfish in hand

Claws for Celebration

a photo or a small fish

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Critical Habitat for the Barrens Topminnow FAQ

Habitat Restoration

Between a Rock and an Endangered Place

a dark brown fisher kit looks directly at the camera

Endangered Species Act

Orphaned Fisher Kit Receives Critical Care

Biologists release Houston toad eggs into a pond in Central Texas

Wildlife Management

Houston Toad Population Gets a Boost

a man wearing a wide brimmed hat squats among plants in a front yard.

A “Californian” Yard to Help Pollinators

a person holds a silver freshwater fish called a clear lake hitch. The fish is about a 12 inches.

Habitat Restoration

Where are the Clear Lake hitch?

a brown and tan speckled lizard looks out of a glass container

Endangered Species Act

Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards Get State of the Art Facility

Coastal marten facing the camera.

Endangered Species Act

US Fish and Wildlife Service designates critical habitat for coastal marten