The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed the eastern hellbender for endangered species protections in 2024. The Trump ...

The lawsuit asks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend federal protection to hellbenders — a type of salamander considered an icon in Appalachia.

"Severe pressure on this important wetland." Experts raise alarm after mass animal die-off at lake: 'There's nothing left' ...

A national nonprofit organization has sued The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) after it says the agency failed to finalize protection for eastern hellbender salamanders ...

According to the ISAF 2025 shark attack report, global unprovoked shark bites returned to near-average levels in 2025, following a sharp reduction the year prior. A total of 65 unprovoked shark bites ...

China’s unprecedented fishing ban is reversing years of biodiversity loss in the Yangtze, raising questions about the ...

A rare and elusive predator was recently captured on camera in South Texas, sparking excitement among wildlife experts and ...

The bird species has long ridden dramatic population swings. About 3,000 snail kites lived in Florida in 2001, but a severe drought that year devastated the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, cutting the ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service in 2024 proposed listing the species as endangered but has yet to make a final decision.

Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States. The carnivores once thrived on the plains between Canada and Mexico, but humans plowed ...

The Center and allies first filed a legal petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for eastern hellbenders in 2010. After a decade of delay and two lawsuits to enforce listing deadlines, in ...

The Okaloosa darter was down to fewer than 10,000 fish in 1973. It took 50 years, but it's back and thriving in the only place in the world it lives.