When Gray Skipper set out to conserve thousands of acres of his Alabama timberland, he never imagined being met with a federal penalty. In 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated 30,000 ...

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 has been in the news recently. What is it, what does it prohibit, what are its impacts — and why should we care? The Endangered Species Act is the primary federal ...

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has saved thousands of animals and plants from threats like poaching, habitat loss, and pollution. It brought bald eagles back from the brink of ...

Every five years, a small group of biologists and environmentalists assemble in a large corner office in Springfield with long glass windows. Inside that room, they weigh in on the fate of every ...

Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live. By Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn Maxine Joselow reported from Washington and ...

Wildlife advocates are fearful the Trump administration's plans to roll back protections in the Endangered Species Act will hinder efforts to save iconic state animals such as the Florida panther and ...