The Bermuda petrel cannot survive without a safe place to call home. But a new federal rule — the ESA “Harm” Rule — threatens one of the Endangered Species Act’s most important safeguards: the longsta...

45 million acres of America’s wild forests could be destroyed by logging and mining. Stand up today to save these wildlife havens.

Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island in Louisiana to rest and feed along their epic migration. Snow geese arrive in enormous floc

The U.S. Department of Energy recently approved the $2.7 billion “Hostos Project,” a proposed undersea cable to bring fossil fuel-generated energy from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Instead o...

Help save whales from being tangled in U.S. fishing gear. Urge NOAA Fisheries and other decisionmakers to protect whales by supporting the use of safer, whale-friendly fishing gear.

Manta rays move through the ocean with an almost effortless grace, crossing vast stretches of water in search of food and the places they need to survive. But their journeys are becoming more dange...

Tackling air pollution and climate change together can save millions of lives, reduce global warming and generate roughly $15 in economic benefits for every $1 spent, a new UN-backed report has reveal...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order urging the DOI to consider delisting gray wolves & Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act, which could put these animals at serious r...

The Gulf of Mexico is home to sea turtles, whales, manatees, sharks, and countless other animals that depend on healthy ocean habitat. But a sweeping federal decision has put many of these species at ...

Some of America’s wildest national forest lands remain free from permanent roads and large-scale industrial development. These roadless forests provide vital habitat for endangered and threatened wild...

Why is the World Bank still pumping billions into fossil fuel projects driving climate change and ecological destruction? It’s time for the bank to honor its mission.

Congress should be funding the programs that protect and recover our endangered wildlife, public lands, rivers, and wetlands. Instead, the House’s version of the Department of Interior funding bill, H...

The Endangered Species Act is under attack. The Trump administration has finalized a rule that removes the long-standing definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act that recognizes habitat ...

Chinook and sockeye salmon, once numbering in the millions, are now sliding toward extinction. These fish are central to the cultures of Northwest Tribes, critical to regional ecosystems, and vital to...

The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is home to some of the United States' most critically endangered species. But now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to hand over more than 7...

Investigators are still searching for what caused the recent deaths of a mother and her calf, but conservationists say the animal’s shrinking habitat may be the first place to look

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s President, has issued a death sentence to the whales, dolphins and turtles of Loreto Bay in the Gulf of California -- a UNESCO World Heritage. It is one of the last places

In the clear, warm waters of the Florida Keys, the queen conch moves slowly across the seafloor, carrying its remarkable shell like a living crown. It is one of the ocean’s great wonders. A sea snail...

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The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered marine mammals on Earth. With fewer than 400 individuals remaining, every whale matters. Now, a dangerous proposal threatens to undermine ...

Trump just appointed his political attack dog, Bill Pulte, as acting Director of National Intelligence. Pulte has absolutely no experience in national intelligence, and was clearly offered the job bas...

The U.S. issued more than 300 elephant trophy import permits during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to records obtained by U.S.-based NGO the Center for Biological Di...

Grizzly bears are one of America’s most iconic animals, and one of the clearest success stories of the Endangered Species Act. After being pushed to the brink, grizzlies in the lower 48 have begun to ...

Across the country, endangered species recovery programs are stretched thin. Wildlife agencies lack the resources to conduct essential population monitoring, habitat restoration, scientific research, ...

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering Representative Gosar’s bill, H.R. 4255, which would strip Endangered Species Act protections from Mexican wolves by legislative order, not through sci...

This bill would open the door to thousands of wolves being slaughtered.

This is an urgent moment to speak up for wildlife. Representative Bruce Westerman’s bill, the ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897), would gut the strongest law we have for preventing extinction and prote...