North Carolina is a big, beautiful state. North Carolinians are proud that much of our state’s beauty comes from nature, and we happily call ourselves its citizens. In the western ...

An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in early March spread more than 373 miles, including to seven nature reserves, and originated from a vessel yet to be identified and two “natural seepages,” Mexican ...

On the other end of the planet, Antarctic sea ice is heavily affected by local weather and ocean factors. In February, ...

The ruling upheld a previous judge's ruling that said the federal government giving control over building in Florida's ...

Citing national security, the Trump administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections for endangered animals—even if it could cause their extinction.

In a 2021 decision, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reduced critical protected habitat for two endangered species of garter snake by more than 90% from a 2013 proposal.

Second legal challenge in four weeks contends that the federal government’s policy for about half of the world’s remaining ...

Judge allows rare 'God Squad' meeting that could exempt Gulf drilling. Conservationists warn of extinction risk for Rice’s ...

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled today that permits to build in Florida wetlands should ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is pressing anglers who fish the Flathead River to kill every brown trout they catch, ...

The Endangered Species Committee is scheduled to convene Tuesday to discuss a never-before-used national security exemption.