Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

A perennial herb, the Florida brickell-bush is found exclusively in South Florida's pine rockland territory, specifically on the Miami Rock Ridge on the edges of Everglades National Park. At maturity ...

The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted today to protect western burrowing owls throughout California as a ...

Three conservation groups today notified state and federal agencies that ongoing efforts to trap and relocate Mexican gray ...

Crater Lake is part of the National Park System and is famous for its status as one of the world’s deepest and clearest lakes ...

RENO, Nev. — In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

Conservation groups sued the city of Jurupa Valley today for approving a development near the world’s oldest known living oak ...

For every county in the United States, the map below shows information on all the animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered. To see the number of ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.

TUCSON, Ariz.— A wild jaguar shown in a recent trail camera video from southern Arizona is a new jaguar not previously identified in the state. The images captured last month by a wildlife enthusiast ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.