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

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for Arizona Eryngo Available

A white, black and grayish least tern sits facing the camera on a sandy beach. Her chick is visible underneath her.

Migratory Species

Promoting Successful Tern Nesting and Healthy Waterfowl

Poweshiek skipperling sipping nectar

Science and Technology

When the Fate of a Species Rests in Your Hands 

small light tan colored fish rest on a sandy bottom

Endangered Species Act

Public Invited to Comment on Draft Recovery Plan for the Endangered Peppered Chub

White to pink flower petals erupt near the top center of a globe-shaped plant filled with white and brown needle-like leaves.

Endangered Species Act

Five-Year Status Review Recommends Delisting of Lloyd’s Mariposa Cactus

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

Endangered Species Act

Service Approves Conservation Agreement for Four Listed Species in Southeastern Arizona

Midwest mussel experts leading an emergent field

Image of brook trout being held in stream.

Habitat Restoration

$1.4 million awarded for coastal conservation in northern Wisconsin

two bats hang upside down from the ceiling of a cave

Science and Technology

Harnessing technology to uncover the secrets of an endangered pollinator

Bright yellow flowers with long green stems growing outside

Endangered Species Act

Looking for Virginia sneezeweed? Check Missouri

decorative blue wavy line graphic

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes removing Virginia sneezeweed from the Endangered Species List

Snorkeling swimming along the bottom of a shallow river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Biologists find mussels persisting through two tropical storms

decorative blue wavy line graphic

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes removing Virginia sneezeweed from the Endangered Species List

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

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

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

Endangered Species Act

2025 Wintering Whooping Crane Count

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

Endangered Species Act

Texas screwstem not warranted for federal protection

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

Ghost Orchid Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

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

Endangered Species Act

Elliott State Research Forest HCP Integrates Forest Management and Conservation Efforts

Endangered Species Act

Colorado hookless cactus recovered

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites public input on proposal to list Fish Lake Valley tui chub as endangered

Five-petal, purple flower with a yellow center and three green leaves radiating from the base of the flower.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan Available for Rare Virgin Islands Plant

New England Cottontail in clearing

Helping a rare rabbit multiply

Endangered Species Act

Advancing Freshwater Mussel Conservation

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

Teaching by example in Neosho, Missouri

2024 Recovery Champions from the Midwest Region

A map displaying the location of projects associated with Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration cases in New Jersey.

Habitat Restoration

New Jersey NRDAR Web Map and Dashboard Goes Live!

Two people in hard hats and vests shovel dirt in front of a metal culvert.

West Virginia Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program

red ohia lehua flower

Listening to the Hilo Rain: Impacts of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death on Lei Making and Other Cultural Practices in Hawaiʻi

New Jersey Field Office Videos

A gray bird with long tail feathers perched on a tree branch

Migratory Species

Draft Avian Study Plan Released

Endangered Species Act

Hellbent On Survival

A light grey rattlesnake coils defensively with an alpine trees bark in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Shedding Light on an Obscure Rattlesnake