That definition was upheld 6-3 by the Supreme Court in the 1995 case Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Greater Oregon, ruling that it “naturally encompasses habitat modification that ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to force the release of public records on a proposed rollback of key Endangered Species Act protections for marine ...

Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act could limit protections for species. We'll hear from the Center for Biological Diversity to learn more.

America's national bird is doing great. The government's proposed cuts to nature protections could put that at risk.

On April 17, 2025, the Departments of Interior and Commerce issued a proposed rule to rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) which, if finalized ...

Federal Agencies Propose Rescission of “Harm” Definition Under Endangered Species Act Barry Epstein, Jennifer Jeffers Allen Matkins + Follow Contact ...

Scientist and divers recovered 9,000 mussels over the span of three weeks as step one of the Grand Rapids Whitewater project.

Pangolins — strangely adorable, scale-covered creatures believed to be the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world — should receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, federal ...

Twenty-two new plants and animals were added to the state’s endangered species list last year, bringing the total to 453 native animals and plants protected under the Massachusetts Endangered ...

With an estimate of only 51 individuals remaining, Rice's whales are one of the rarest whales in the world and are critically endangered (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) (CN) — ...

County prosecutorial offices have run Adult Protective Services for 40 years. A for-profit company takes over Tuesday.