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various sized mussel shells on biologist’s hand above water.

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

Flowering bush with yellow flowers in the Florida scrub

Endangered Species Act

Recovering the Florida Golden Aster

Habitat Restoration

Saving the Salt Marsh

Three people standing on a tractor-pulled seed planter, with a large tractor tire in the foreground.

Land Management

Snapshot: Planting the Seeds of Pollinator Conservation. Literally.

Two Florida Manatees in Three Sisters Springs surrounded by small fish

Endangered Species Act

Manatee Conservation in Georgia

Prescribed burn on island

Land Management

Burning for Biodiversity

Photo of a male silverspot butterfly, showing orange and black upper side in vegetation with wings spread

Endangered Species Act

Silverspot butterfly receives protections under Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Public Input on Nebraska R-Project Transmission Line

A close up image of a very small dark brown springsnail on the tip of someone's finger.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes initial review of ESA petition for Kings River springsnail

a brown owl with white spots sits on a snag with brown foliage in the background

Endangered Species Act

3 Efforts Underway that Support the California Spotted Owl and Reduce Wildfire Risk

Brown and black spotted lizard in grassy area.

Endangered Species Act

West Texas Lizard Will Not Be Listed Under ESA

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Illinois chorus frog populations found stable, not warranted for listing

Cluster of about seen small white flowers radiating from a green stalk.

Endangered Species Act

Successful Protection and Management Efforts Keep Venus Flytrap off the Endangered Species List

Salina mucket mussel

Endangered Species Act

Proposed ESA Protection for Rio Grande Mussels

Close up of a small tawny owl being held in a man's hand. Cacti and trees in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Listed

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

Endangered Species Act

El Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre y NOAA proponen un nuevo hábitat crítico para la tortuga marina conocida como tortuga verde o Peje blanco

Yellow flowers of golden paintbrush with a field and mountain beyond

Endangered Species Act

Golden Paintbrush Delisted From Endangered Species Act Due to Recovery

Green sea turtle, or honu, rests on the white sand of Midway Atoll, with clear waves in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Green Sea Turtle

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opens public scoping period for desert tortoise general conservation plan

Endangered Species Act

Captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers released at Montrose Beach

Reward offered for information on vandalism of shorebird nests in Far Rockaway

Grizzly bear visiting a hair snare site

Endangered Species Act

Grizzly Bear Recovery Partners Continue Research in Montana

Alligator snapping turtle

Endangered Species Act

Comments Sought on Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

A parent wood stork, on the right, cares for three young nestlings, two to three weeks old.

Endangered Species Act

Wood Stork Proposed Delisting

Science and Technology

Partners in Maine enlist public to find owl pellets for rodent research

two biologists crouching next to a creek in a forest surveying a mussel bed through a large scope

Freshwater Mussels Found Thriving on San Francisco Peninsula

Sickle Darter Proposed Critical Habitat

A river runs from upper right to lower left and is bordered by green trees on one side and wildflowers on the other. An old train bridge is in the background.

Habitat Restoration

Former company town turns the page with dam removal

Habitat Restoration

Viburnum Trend Feral Hog Removal for Ecological Restoration Project

This closeup of a Florida bristle fern at Castellow Hammock Preserve shows its reproductive phase. The largest leaves on this tiny plant are the size of a penny.

Endangered Species Act

Florida Bristle Fern

A face-shot of California tiger salamander on top of green groundcover

Salamanders and Chardonnay

Habitat Restoration

Pacific Lamprey Biggest Winner in Award-winning Oregon Fish Passage Project

Fort A.P. Hill earns Military Conservation Partner Award

A river bordered by green shrubs and trees and a blue sky with white clouds reflected in the water's surface

Habitat Restoration

Restoring the Pawcatuck River

a silvery fish known as clear lake hitch jumps over turbid waters

Collaborating on the Conservation of Clear Lake Hitch