Present only in a handful of streams in and surrounding Birmingham, Ala., the watercress darter thrives in the deep, slow-moving backwaters of springs overflowing with
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
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
This story was updated on Sept. 23, 2019. In the early 1800s, an estimated 50,000 grizzly bears inhabited the land stretching from the Great Plains
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