The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

Since the Endangered Species Act passed 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and more have been listed as threatened or endangered. Jan. 2, 2024 ...

Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn’t count as 'harm' under proposed rule The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big ...

According to the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, the Endangered Species Act exists to protect threatened or endangered fish, wildlife, and plants. Enacted back in 1973, it aids in the recovery of such ...

Many species are facing threats to their population sizes, from climate change and habitat loss to illegal poaching and the ...

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 ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing seven species of pangolin, often poached for their scales and meat, as endangered ...

The issue is of particular concern in Hawaii, which has more endangered species than any other state — 40% of the nation’s federally listed threatened and endangered species — even though it ...

When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law 50 years ago, one of the first on the endangered list was the black-footed ferret, North America’s rarest animal.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, there are over 1,300 species listed as endangered or threatened to become extinct in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA), often criticized for its perceived economic drawbacks, has a more nuanced and positive impact on property markets than previously thought, a new study has revealed.