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Four yellow to red flower bracts grow in a field among grass and other flowers.

Endangered Species Act

Service Lists Swale Paintbrush as Endangered

A single Oregon spotted frog sitting in shallow water with duckweed and scattered vegetation.

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces a Final Recovery Plan for the Oregon Spotted Frog

Supporting jaguars at home and abroad

People wearing "I Heart Lenapehoking" shirts gather in a forested area under tall tree cover.

History and Culture

Rekindling Indigenous Knowledge

Endangered Species Act

Final recovery plan for the grotto sculpin

A Canada lynx sitting in deep snow surrounded by boreal forest.

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes Revised Critical Habitat for Canada Lynx & Announces Final Recovery Plan

U.S. Capitol building in the sun with tops of trees in foreground

Coastal Barrier Resources System Expands under Reauthorization

Endangered Species Act

Seeking public comment on proposed critical habitat for rusty patched bumble bee

Manatee resting in a body of water with a school of mangrove snappers..

El Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre extiende el período de comentarios sobre la propuesta de designación de hábitat crítico para el manatí de Florida y manatí Antillano

Florida manatee head just above the water's surface, with a second manatee just behind the first

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Comment Period on Proposed Florida and Antillean Manatee Critical Habitat Designation

a view of a green, forested landscape with an overcast sky

History and Culture

One small step: More than 1,000 acres returned to the Onondaga Nation

Shiny tan and yellow fish with pink and blue coloration

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat for Pecos Pupfish

Service Proposes Listing Santa Ana Speckled Dace as Threatened Species

A group of small yellow and speckled fish with a dark background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Long Valley Speckled Dace Proposed Listing Rule

Cedar Key mole skink

Endangered Species Act

Cedar Key mole skink

two men shake hands while standing behind large table

Service, Navy partner to protect San Clemente Island’s endemic wildlife

Regal fritillary butterfly on a common milkweed

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes ESA Protections for Both Subspecies of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly

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

Endangered Species Act

Texas Golden Gladecress Draft Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Service Extends Final Listing Rule and Reopens Comment Period for Texas Catfishes

A shrub-like plant with showy, bright orange flowers.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Gierisch mallow

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to delist wetland plant

mexican long-nosed bat

Endangered Species Act

Mexican Long-Nosed Bat Revised Recovery Plan

Seeking public comment for Alliant Wind Interstate Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

New resource provides guidance for wood-turtle friendly forest management

a blunt-nosed leopard lizard wearing a tracking collar is released into dry grass

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards over $1 million in 2024 Recovery Challenge Grant Awards in California

Bright blue, Big Sandy crayfish resting on a rock.

Endangered Species Act

Threatened species gets head start at hatchery

a black, green and red frog peeks its head out of a pool of water

Habitat Restoration

Threatened Frogs Move Into Wetlands on Tahoe National Forest Burn Scar

California Condor soaring over mountains

Endangered Species Act

Informed Mitigation Hatches a Win for Condors

Bishop Paiute Tribe, USFWS and partners celebrate establishment of Owens pupfish sanctuary

Two smiling biologists flex their muscles along a river bank

Fighting for Underwater Underdogs

A monarch butterfly pollinates a yellow marigold flower.

5 Pollinator-Friendly Ways You Can Manage Garden Pests

Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

A black and white marbled murrelet floating in calm water

Endangered Species Act

Revised Marbled Murrelet Inland Survey Protocol

Habitat Restoration

Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Nature-Based Solutions

a yellow bird with a short bill sits on a branch with green leaves

Birds on the Brink

Big Black rocksnails in water

Science and Technology

Extinct Mississippi snail rediscovered: landowner partnerships key to conservation success