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 ...

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

Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act could limit protections for species. We'll hear from the Center for Biological Diversity to learn more. June 12, 2025 ...

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 ...

In the proposed rule, the Services indicate that the regulatory definition — originally adopted by USFWS in 1981 and NMFS in 1999 — exceeds the statutory language of the ESA, which does not ...

Divers and scientists prepare a raft to access deeper sections of the Grand River as the work to relocate federally endangered mussels in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

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 ...