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Ponds surrounded by browning grass. The pond in the foreground has algae growth and the day is sunny.

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for Three Endangered Aquatic Invertebrates Available

Woman sitting on the forest floor examining something in a small tray she is holding

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Rare Spider Monitoring Season Comes to a Close in the Smoky Mountains Backcountry

A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.

Wildlife Management

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

An aerial view of a dry creek on the left and a blue body of water on the right, separated by green trees.

Habitat Restoration

$5 Million in BIL Funding Set to Transform Habitat for Bull Trout in Gold Creek

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

  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Two West Indian Manatee Subspecies

Florida manatee swims in shallow water toward camera.

Endangered Species Act

Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos Propone Hábitat Crítico para el Manatí de Florida y el Manatí Antillano en Puerto Rico

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

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Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: North Carolina Biologists Learn to Listen for Bats

Goats standing in a corral looking at the camera with a sagebrush landscape and mountains in the background.

Habitat Restoration

Goats are here to help!

Mazama pocket gopher in a gloved hand

Endangered Species Act

Tumwater O&M Facility HCP and Draft EAS Now Available, Public Comment Period Opening

Mouth open on goldish silvery fish in murky water

Endangered Species Act

Healthy habitat for hitch

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Endangered Species Act

Rio Grande Chub and Sucker Not in Danger of Extinction

Green sea turtle trapped in jetty rocks in Texas

Green Sea Turtle Strandings Increase Along Jetties on the Texas Coast

large fish swimming upstream

Endangered Species Act

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

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

Seeking public comment for Great Pathfinder Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Jaguar

Endangered Species Act

The Service Finalizes Revisions to Jaguar Critical Habitat in Arizona

a small furry mammal clings to a tree at night

Endangered Species Act

US Fish and Wildlife Service designates critical habitat for coastal marten

Endangered Species Act

Service seeks public comment on proposed critical habitat for Dixie Valley toad

Endangered Species Act

Draft Azalea Hybrid Power Park HCP Available for Public Comment

dunes sagebrush lizard crawls over sand and twigs

Endangered Species Act

The Service Lists Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

a white plastic tray with nine partitions holds one light brown fairy shrimp in each partition. In the center is the text "the Branchi Bunch" in a font like the title of the sitcom, the Brady Bunch, to parody the opening title screen of the show.

Wildlife Wonders

Tune In to California's Vernal Pools

Endangered Species Act

FAQs – Withdrawal of the pyramid pigtoe from listing consideration

Migratory Species

Where do birds go offshore? The answers may be blowing in the wind

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.

Habitat Restoration

Saving the Salt Marsh

Flowering bush with yellow flowers in the Florida scrub

Endangered Species Act

Recovering the Florida Golden Aster

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

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

An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.

Decision-making in a new era of conservation

students setting up trail camera in the woods

Wildlife Management

An Amazing Journey From Intern to Zoologist

Yellow and green fish held in hand within a net.

Science and Technology

Lahontan cutthroat trout biologists have a new tool for conservation