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Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

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

Green sea turtle trapped in jetty rocks in Texas

Green Sea Turtle Strandings Increase Along Jetties on the Texas Coast

Endangered Species Act

Rio Grande Chub and Sucker Not in Danger of Extinction

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

A “Californian” Yard to Help Pollinators

large fish swimming upstream

Endangered Species Act

Draft Environmental Assessment for the Swan River Valley Bull Trout Recovery Project Available for Public Comment

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

Snail crawling up a vertical rock face

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 59 Southeastern Species

Texas fatmucket

Endangered Species Act

Seven Central Texas Mussels Listed Under Endangered Species Act

Grotto sculpin underwater

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for grotto sculpin open for public comment

Lynx Walking

Endangered Species Act

Canada lynx draft recovery plan available for public review & comment

Yellow and white Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress

Endangered Species Act

Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress Recovery Plan

Service Issues Incidental Take Permit for Pine Tree Wind Farm in Kern County

Mimic cavesnail

Endangered Species Act

Two Central Texas Aquatic Species Will Not Be Listed Under the Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Five Southeastern Species

Image of a Sacramento mountains checkerspot butterfly

Endangered Species Act

Service Reopens Comment Period for Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly Critical Habitat Proposal

a brown slender salamander on mossy rocks and mud

Endangered Species Act

Public Comment Period Reopened for Salamander Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat

Service approves updated habitat conservation plan for San Diego Gas & Electric

Desert Tortoise walking in the desert

Endangered Species Act

BLM, USFWS review potential impacts of Northern Corridor highway in Utah

A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Draft Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls

Dark colored gray wolf with a Uinta ground squirrel in its mouth

Endangered Species Act

USFWS finalizes designation of gray wolf experimental population in Colorado

Endangered Species Act

Green Sea Turtle

Endangered green sea turtles bask on a beach next to each other.

Endangered Species Act

Preguntas Frecuentes - Tortuga Verde - Propuesta para Designar Hábitat Crítico Terrestre y Marino

Key deer doe and fawn

Endangered Species Act

Key Deer: Wild Animals in a Wildland-Urban Interface

A closeup portrait of a female eastern indigo snake shows the iridescent black scales with a coral hue tinting her jaw and nose.

Endangered Species Act

Eastern Indigo Snake

a tan and black speckled frog jumps from a biologist's hand into a bubbling creek

Endangered Species Act

Hopping Back Home

An Okaloosa darter hovers in clear stream water.

Habitat Restoration

Delisting the Okaloosa Darter

a bee's head coming out of the dirt

Alaska's 100 Bees

Southern Elktoe from the Apalachicola River

Endangered Species Act

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizards Return to the Panoche Hills Plateau

A western bumble bee sits on a purple flower

Bumble bees and climate change

Person bent over in a field, placing a marker flag in the ground

Habitat Restoration

Red Spruce Restoration Kicks Off in North Carolina’s Black Mountains

Endangered Species Act

Teaming up for terns