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

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

"They were kind of on a vacation, getting fed twice a day, with no stress of predators," a university researcher said.

A species listed as endangered gets the full suite of federal protections. It's illegal to kill, capture, harass or harm one. A threatened species doesn't automatically get the same protections.

Here's the official trailer (+ poster art) for Apple TV's doc series The Wild Ones, direct from YouTube: Explore hidden corners of the Earth with a trio of experts as they try to save six ...

Endangered species face a barrage of threats from human activities. We owe them a place to call home. Lisa H. Sideris is a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project and the University of California .

Under a new rule, grizzly bears would be protected by the Endangered Species Act in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Trump signs megabill that slashes taxes and Medicaid into law.

The hunters who captured, bred, and massacred the creatures to sell their skins have helped them bounce back, too. Critically ...

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.

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 ...

Passed in 1973, the Endangered Species Act offers a wide umbrella of protections, prohibiting people from actions that “harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect ...