Watch: Kemp’s ridley sea turtle continues to rebound
The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was once thought to be on its way to extinction. But thanks to conservation efforts, the turtle is making a ...
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Researchers say Mexican ranch likely source of Ariz. ocelots
A breeding population of ocelots just 30 miles south of the border is likely the source of occasional cat sightings in Arizona, biologists say. The population is ...
Sierra Nevada red fox population proposed as endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing a population of the Sierra Nevada red fox as endangered. A subspecies of the red fox, the Sierra Nevada red ...
Hawaiian hawk to be removed from endangered list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the ’io, or Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), from the endangered species list. Biologists have found the hawk’s ...
Watch: Biologists work to sustain disappearing Texas bird
About 1 million Attwater’s prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) once occupied the coastal prairies of Texas and Lousiana. Now, less than 1 percent ...
Endangered butterfly finds home on bombing range
Amid the installations at the Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina, a delicate butterfly has found a home. The St. Francis’ satyr (Neonympha mitchellii ...
Management actions help woodpecker recover
At Fort Stewart, Georgia, and across much of the Southeast, the red-cockaded woodpecker is on the rebound. Listed as endangered since the Endangered Species Act was ...
Rare bird seen nesting for first time in more than 40 years
Biologists have caught the first video footage ever of a rare shorebird nest in Russia’s remote far east. Scientists had not seen Nordmann’s greenshanks (Tringa ...
Condor recovery reaches hatchling milestone
A California condor chick that hatched in a nest on a cliff in Zion National Park became a milestone for the efforts to recover the endangered species. It received ...
A whooping crane win in Wisconsin
Balancing human health and safety with recovery of threatened and endangered species is a rewarding aspect of Wildlife Services operations across the country. In ...