Every 30 seconds, the continental United States loses approximately a football field worth of natural area to human development, according to an August 2019 report
Defenders of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) often tout the fact that 99 percent of all species protected by the act have avoided extinction. But
When President Theodore Roosevelt created what would become the first in a system of national wildlife refuges at Florida’s Pelican Island in 1903, it was
With big-game seasons now a distant memory, the minds of many U.S. hunters are now focused on a slightly smaller, winged quarry. Reliant on extraordinary
When it comes to backyard conservation, one of the best things you can do is heed nature’s cues, says to Dan Scott, associate director, horticulture
Subsisting on the leaves of wild lupine for three to six weeks, Karner Blue Butterfly caterpillars excrete small amounts of liquid from a gland on
Found nowhere in the world besides the sagebrush plains of the American West, the Sage Grouse is known for its unique mating ritual: With chests
Acting U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt caused a stir on March 6 when he preemptively announced the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
The phrase “endangered species” elicits many images: fluffy grizzly bears, majestic gray wolves, stealthy panthers, lovable manatees. But many of the 1,467 current endangered or
This story was originally published on August 19, 2018, and updated on February 18, 2019. The nearly 2,000-mile border wall proposed by President Donald Trump
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