Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting pairs to about 5,000 nesting pairs—primarily due to wetland loss.

(CN) — The Biden administration can reevaluate changes made by the previous administration to the Endangered Species Act without at the same time fighting a trio of lawsuits by environmentalists and ...

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 ...

A national nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) after it says the agency failed to ...

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

A new lawsuit filed this week is looking to protect a special creature native to our area, the hellbender salamander.

The animal kingdom is fraught with challenges, from predators to lost habitat and food shortages. While some species adapt to the changes, others suffer high casualties, driving dozens of animals onto ...

Nationally, there are over 1 million wildlife and vehicle collisions per year, resulting in hundreds of deaths. This problem seriously impacts Florida with its endangered wildlife population. In the ...

The wood stork was once on the brink of extinction and now can be found in 13 counties across Georgia's coast and southern ...

Georgia's been ranked one of the worst states for wildlife protection in SmileHub's study. Why? How many endangered species live here? What's the best?