It may surprise some given the rhetoric of the day, but the Endangered Species Act is a Republican achievement that had near unanimous bipartisan support in its day. It was passed in 1973 under the ...

Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted ...

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has helped protect nearly 1,700 plants and animals, including the bald eagle. But the act, signed into law by Richard Nixon, is expected to get a ...

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Monday announced it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law credited with ...

A proposed rule would redefine what it means to “harm” a protected species, narrowing that definition so that only taking direct action to kill or injure a species would qualify. If adopted, the rule ...

A lithium mine could contribute to the extinction of a fish species in southwestern Nevada, the federal government acknowledged Tuesday in a document recommending its protection. The Fish Lake Valley ...

Political battles and partisan ideologies are threatening the survival of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the animals it is supposed to serve, researchers are warning. Wildlife management under ...

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...