The major U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal would declare the iconic species as threatened, with federal scientists ...

The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State ...

If a new proposal is adopted, the insects would become the most commonly seen species to be the subject of federal protection ...

After a decade of advocacy, the species could now qualify for federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

It’s a big day for insects. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it is proposing the monarch butterfly ...

The United States is moving to grant federal protections to the monarch butterfly -- a once-common species recognizable by ...

Monarch butterflies, known for migrating thousands of miles (km) across North America, have experienced a decades-long U.S.

Marine invertebrates, however, don't often get the same attention — and researchers are working to change that. Giant clams ...

The incoming Trump administration and congressional Republicans are expected to revise Endangered Species Act regs and eye other changes. The incoming Trump administration and its emboldened ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker in the Southeast is no longer federally endangered, thanks to decades of conservation work; the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to protect the iconic insect under the federal Endangered Species Act.

As NOAA Fisheries explains, “The Endangered Species Act of 1973 provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad.” ...