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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

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

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act protection for monarch butterfly

Trout in shallow cobbled brook.

Endangered Species Act

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

A tan chipmunk with black and white stripes stands alert on a rock in a grassy area.

Endangered Species Act

Peñasco Least Chipmunk Listed as Endangered with Designated Critical Habitat

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan released for endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat

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 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

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

Biologists release Houston toad eggs into a pond in Central Texas

Wildlife Management

Houston Toad Population Gets a Boost

a dark brown fisher kit looks directly at the camera

Endangered Species Act

Orphaned Fisher Kit Receives Critical Care

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

a small bat hanging from a cave roof with white fungus on its nose

Wildlife Management

Preventing and treating white-nose syndrome

Staff talking to students on beach

Florida State University Student Career Shadow Day