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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it is downlisting the Florida manatee from “endangered” to “threatened” — despite hundreds of manatees still dying each year ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— A study published today in the journal PeerJ shows the Endangered Species Act has saved roughly 99 percent of protected wildlife since its creation in 1973, demonstrating the law has ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition today calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to greatly expand its plans for recovering grizzly bears, including returning ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a draft recovery plan for the threatened central California population of the California tiger salamander that calls for protection of ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— With the world’s human population poised to hit 7 billion on Oct. 31, the Center for Biological Diversity today released a list of the top 10 plants and animals in the United States ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity identifies 359,000 square miles of additional habitat for gray wolves in 19 of the lower 48 states that could ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service gave Endangered Species Act protection today to the chambered nautilus, which is threatened with extinction due to overharvesting for the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Fish and Wildlife Commission late yesterday named the Townsend’s big-eared bat a candidate for ...

WASHINGTON— Congress unleashed an unprecedented attack on public lands and waters during President Trump’s first year in office, according to a new Center for Biological Diversity report released ...

Democracy isn't just a human invention. Scientists now view many animal societies as de facto democracies, with majority rule ensuring group survival more than tyranny can. Here are seven species that ...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— A series of studies released today by the United States Geological Survey show elevated uranium levels in wells, springs, and soil in and around uranium exploration and ...