Endangered Species Act

Oregon has banned Wildlife Services' use of cyanide bombs, and some California counties have severed their contracts with the agency.

A new U.N. report finds one million species face extinction. The Department of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service are adding to the problem.

Rather than list the bird as an endangered species, the Obama administration struck a compromise deal with energy companies—and now Trump is undoing it.

Proposed changes to the landmark legislation would limit protections for the thousands of endangered plants and animals covered under the law.

Fifty years ago, the first species gained official federal protection as endangered. Those protections are now in danger.

Yellowstone’s grizzly bears are spreading out and expanding their range. Is it a sign of good health—or increasing desperation?

Crowdsourcing could cut conservation costs for boring, uncharismatic, or ugly species.

The U.S. government classifies all chimpanzees as endangered, after decades of stalling.