The state Department of Transportation has sidestepped endangered species protections in 11 cases, according to public ...

Lonesome Larry became a symbol of one federally protected species.

On the morning of December 22nd, 1938, a young museum curator in East London, South Africa, found something on the deck of a ...

At first, it looked like a clean hookup, but this fish is known for being one of the hardest to land for a reason. Its mouth is so tough that hooks don’t always hold, and every violent shake makes ...

Bald eagles have rebounded dramatically to an estimated 316,700 individuals and 71,467 breeding pairs in the lower 48 states.

In California, animals and plants on the verge of extinction can be classified as threatened, endangered or fully protected.

Nearly 300 birds, fish, mammals and other critters have federal protection in the Golden State.

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

Four endangered fish species could see a big boon from the Bureau of Reclamation’s emergency plans for the stressed waterway ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2023 it would list the salamander mussel on the endangered species list but ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated approximately 3,814 river miles as critical habitat for four endangered ...

The state’s top transportation authority has been running afoul of Illinois's wildlife regulators according to internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist.