The Center for Biological Diversity has called on U.S. Fish and Wildlife to protect the Bendire's thrasher amid report on ...

Federal protections could soon be extended to a rare Nevada fish that environmentalists say is “barely clinging to existence" ...

This simple distinction between direct and indirect threats is crucial. A species is its food, shelter and breeding grounds. From the Endangered Species Act’s inception, the interpretation of “harm” ...

The legal gambit The Endangered Species Act ... The Chinook salmon, island fox, southwestern willow flycatcher, desert tortoise and likely extinct ivory-billed woodpecker are just a few examples.

A total of $4 million was allocated to dozens of wildlife-related projects at the annual Utah Species Protection Account ...

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down ...

Herbinson is concerned about the fate of threatened and endangered species in and around Joshua Tree National Park, where the famous western Joshua tree and Mojave desert tortoise live.

The monument also serves to preserve the area's incredibly biodiverse land, nearly two-thirds of which is critical habitat for the endangered Mojave Desert tortoise and the desert pupfish.