From bald eagles to grizzly bears, many iconic American species at risk of extinction have bounced back thanks to the ...

Conservation groups sued the Trump administration for ending habitat protections for endangered species, citing risks to ...

For years, the Endangered Species Act has been interpreted in a way that preserves the environments where endangered and threatened plants and animals live. A proposed regulatory change by the Trump ...

Since 2008, rules requiring ships to slow down to avoid collisions with North Atlantic right whales have reduced fatalities of the critically endangered animals. Now, NOAA is calling the regulations ...

A decades-old interpretation of one of the nation's cornerstone environmental laws has been officially rolled back, narrowing ...

Diving in a kelp forest in Monterey Bay recently, I watched a tubby 200-pound harbor seal follow a fellow diver, nibbling on his flippers. The diver, a graduate student, was using sponges to collect ...

Explore the 25 Most Endangered Species On Earth. Learn about their threats, conservation efforts, and how you can help save ...

Other species caught included the endangered white skate and undulate ray, as well as rarer records of common and Risso dolphins. Catches varied throughout the study region, and included Ireland's ...

It’s been a hot summer. The ocean has been hot too. Marine heat waves, or patches of warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures, are making headlines because we’ve never seen anything quite like what ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will host a scientific symposium focused on the recently identified and endangered Rice’s whale, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ...

The Indiana bat, Caddo Mountain salamander and the Winged Mapleleaf are some of the Arkansas animals conservation voices said ...