Area of Focus: Endangered Species

June 7, 2024

New Jersey seeks to remove bald eagles, ospreys from endangered list

Plans also call for downlisting the bobcat to threatened

June 4, 2024

Researchers discover rare sea turtle nesting site in Louisiana

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles make a surprise appearance on islands east of New Orleans

May 22, 2024

Interior finalizes Endangered Species Act rulemaking

Rulemaking pertaining to critical habitat designation, interagency cooperation and blanket protections for threatened species have taken effect

May 14, 2024

Engineering a successful Hawaiian crow release

Researchers could influence bird movement through supplemental feeding

May 13, 2024

A better way to find right whales

Researchers combined sounds from the sea with views from the air

April 11, 2024

Study sounds alarm for native bee

The species ‘could blink out’ in decades, researchers found

April 9, 2024

Leatherbacks follow jellyfish along U.S. coastline

The turtles forage along the continental shelf

April 1, 2024

Researchers say two killer whale groups are different species

Resident and transient killer whales overlap but don’t mix

March 27, 2024

Endangered owls prey on endangered Hawaiian stilts

Researchers have observed pueo attacking shorebirds in several cases

March 12, 2024

Eastern wolves are isolated in Algonquin Provincial Park

Survival is low outside of the protected area compared to coyotes and hybrids