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Staff from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Coastal Program release Kemp’s ridley hatchlings at Padre Island National Seashore.

Wildlife Management

Renewed Hope for Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles

Two people sit on a moving boat, with one person driving while the other holds a clipboard

Habitat Restoration

Partnerships, Perennials, and Preventing the Need to List the Apalachicola Wild Indigo

A building on a college campus illuminated by light at dusk

Science and Technology

Nebraska community college works with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reduce bird collisions

Wildlife Management

A rare prairie butterfly gains new ground

A Key ring-necked snake is curled on an orange fall leaf. It is a small, black on top with bright yellow, orange and red markings on the belly.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Two Florida Snakes as Endangered

A closeup of a Florida Keys mole skink shows its head down to its front two tiny feet and lower body. Photographed from above, you can see its brown back with tan lengthwise stripes and glimpse the pinkish-red underbelly.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Florida Keys Mole Skink as Endangered

Science and Technology

Rufa Red Knot Delaware Bay Annual Report

Two people hold a pronghorn while another two hold a stretcher and help guide the animal towards the leg openings in the stretcher.

Endangered Species Act

Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Takes a Village

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes 90-day Finding for Diamondback Terrapin

Plains spotted skunk in woodland habitat

Endangered Species Act

90-day Finding for Plains Spotted Skunk

Wildlife Management

When we protect water, we protect pollinators

Woman in low brush, holding a plant and its root ball, with others in the background

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Community Effort Saves Hundreds of Endangered Sunflowers in South Carolina

A Key ring-necked snake is curled on an orange fall leaf. It is a small, black on top with bright yellow, orange and red markings on the belly.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Two Florida Snakes as Endangered

A closeup of a Florida Keys mole skink shows its head down to its front two tiny feet and lower body. Photographed from above, you can see its brown back with tan lengthwise stripes and glimpse the pinkish-red underbelly.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Florida Keys Mole Skink as Endangered

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes 90-day Finding for Diamondback Terrapin

Plains spotted skunk in woodland habitat

Endangered Species Act

90-day Finding for Plains Spotted Skunk

Coiled southern hognose snake in a longleaf pine habitat in Aiken County, South Carolina

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Virtual Public Hearing on Proposed Threatened Listing of Southern Hognose Snake

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Removes Northeastern Bulrush from Endangered Species List Due to Recovery

A squirrel with a pine cone

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrel Available

Endangered rusty patched bumble bee on wild bergamot

Endangered Species Act

Finalized Habitat Protections for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

a small mammal stands by a tree

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Input on Draft Recovery Plan for Pacific Marten 

Clusters of small white flowers with yellow centers that appear popcorn like, with green stems and leaves in the background.

Service Announces Downlisting of Rough Popcornflower

Endangered Species Act

Designating Critical Habitat Across 17 States for Four Mussel Species

Posing directly in front of the camera is a an olive to brown turtle looking away with its head turned to the right of the image.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan Now Available for Pearl River Map Turtle

Staff from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Coastal Program release Kemp’s ridley hatchlings at Padre Island National Seashore.

Wildlife Management

Renewed Hope for Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles

Two people sit on a moving boat, with one person driving while the other holds a clipboard

Habitat Restoration

Partnerships, Perennials, and Preventing the Need to List the Apalachicola Wild Indigo

A building on a college campus illuminated by light at dusk

Science and Technology

Nebraska community college works with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reduce bird collisions

Wildlife Management

A rare prairie butterfly gains new ground

Science and Technology

Rufa Red Knot Delaware Bay Annual Report

Two people hold a pronghorn while another two hold a stretcher and help guide the animal towards the leg openings in the stretcher.

Endangered Species Act

Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Takes a Village

Wildlife Management

When we protect water, we protect pollinators

Woman in low brush, holding a plant and its root ball, with others in the background

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Community Effort Saves Hundreds of Endangered Sunflowers in South Carolina

A small toad in a plastic container

Habitat Restoration

Reintroductions and habitat restoration improve the odds for Houston toad

Wildlife Management

Protecting Oregon's rare butterflies and their host plants

Person holding the small root ball of a small tree with a gloved hand

Habitat Restoration

Snapshot: Post-Helene Reforestation Comes to Southern Appalachia's Roan Mountain

Endangered Species Act

Partners help northeastern bulrush recover by finding and conserving new populations