WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service today to protect the cusk ...

NATURAL HISTORY OCELOT} Leopardus pardalis FAMILY: Felidae DESCRIPTION: The ocelot is a medium-sized, spotted cat. It grows to about three feet long, not including its tail, and weighs around 30 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thirty-five conservation organizations today asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not to recapture a ...

NATURAL HISTORY DELTA SMELT } Hypomesus transpacificus FAMILY: Osmeridae DESCRIPTION: The Delta smelt is a small fish, less than 3 inches in length for most adults. Itâ s nearly translucent, with a ...

Forest health advocates have finalized an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service that will preserve tens of thousands of the largest, oldest ponderosa pine trees in Colorado’s San Juan National Forest ...

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is planning to roll back tailpipe pollution standards and rescind the landmark scientific finding that planet-heating pollution harms public health ...

HALTING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the ...

NATURAL HISTORY SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH } Pristis pectinata FAMILY: Pristidae DESCRIPTION: Smalltooth sawfish have a distinct, saw-like snout called a rostrum, which is edged with pairs of teeth and is ...

RENO, Nev.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized Endangered Species Act protection today for the rare wildflower Tiehm’s buckwheat, responding to a petition and litigation from the Center for ...

As the coming century of global warming threatens to accelerate the extinction crisis, we believe the highest and best use of public lands is to provide safe harbor for species by protecting the ...

WASHINGTON— The EPA’s latest greenhouse gas inventory shows that agriculture continues to be the leading U.S. source of methane and nitrous oxide, two highly potent climate pollutants. The report, ...

Native Bees The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in ...