The wood stork was once on the brink of extinction and now can be found in 13 counties across Georgia's coast and southern ...

Environmentalists are petitioning federal authorities to protect a rare yellow sunflower threatened by the millions of visitors who flock to Red Rock Canyon each year.

The Center and allies first filed a legal petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for eastern hellbenders in 2010. After a decade of delay and two lawsuits to enforce listing deadlines, in ...

In a significant decision that affects off-road vehicle recreation in the western Mojave Desert, a federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises across ...

A federal judge in Missoula on Tuesday vacated the federal government’s determination that gray wolves in the Western United States do not need increased federal protections under the Endangered ...

The Endangered Species Act, however, goes way beyond. The act also protects animals of growing rarity the average person never heard of, birds people know little about, and plants with names they ...

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 ...

Proposed changes by the Trump administration to the federal Endangered Species Act are raising alarm among conservationists working to save Hawaii’s plants and animals. While the current ...

The Olympic marmot is endemic to the Olympic Peninsula — it is found nowhere else in the world. Now, the federal government ...

A new lawsuit filed this week is looking to protect a special creature native to our area, the hellbender salamander.