The Latest Breaking News from Endangered Species

Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiny Nevada snail half the size of a pea that is known to exist only in high-desert springs around a huge lithium mine planned near the Oregon state line

The area at North Maclean is home to numerous threatened and endangered species like koalas, spotted tail quolls, cockatoos, as well as kangaroos and wallabies.

On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List of threatened species and classified it as endangered. Monarchs migrate across North America each year and are one of the continent’s most widely recognized species. The Conversation asked Oklahoma…

The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on a Maine river that could result in a lifeline for the last wild Atlantic salmon in the U.S. The last of the wild salmon live in a group of rivers in Maine and have been listed under the Endangered…

As wild bison return to these shores in millennia, we take a look at the endangered species and rare animals that have managed to come back from the brink of extinction

CHICAGO -- More than a dozen images of butterflies adorn the front of Claudia Galeno-Sanchez’s home in the Pilsen neighborhood. There are monarch butterflies spreading their wings and many other colorful ones sprinkled in between. The small house stands out from the tall buildings on the block.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch to its "red list" for the first time.

Federal regulators have canceled a policy that weakened their authority to designate places where animals and plants could receive government protection

The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.