endangered species

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.

Farmers in ten states, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri, are now free to use a herbicide that had been restricted in January.

Researchers at Oklahoma State University are looking into whether a rare and threatened beetle could provide new ways to preserve meat and fight bacteria.

Among the 23 species announced extinct recently by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was a freshwater mussel that once lined the banks of Midwestern waterways and the ivory-billed woodpecker, which used to fly through the Mississippi River basin.

The announcement comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially removed giant pandas from its endangered list.

The number of bald eagles in the lower 48 states has quadrupled since 2009, according to a new survey. The findings are a bright spot in an otherwise troubling picture for American birds.

The U.S. military and conservation groups forged an unusual alliance to help save the red-cockaded woodpecker, but a Trump-era move to take it off the endangered list could threaten the bird.

Lesser prairie chickens don’t really bother Mike McCarty. He likes them just fine, but doesn’t think people understand how hard it is to balance wildlife…

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the revisions will make the landmark conservation law more efficient. Critics say it will hurt endangered plants and animals as they face mounting threats.

Citing a population rebound, the Interior Department has announced plans to strip the bear of federal protection. But some groups are skeptical, and they've signaled they're prepared to resist.