Fish And Wildlife Service

Giant Galapagos tortoises.

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.

By Jimmy Tobias

A desert smoke tree is illuminated by half-moon light in the Trilobite Wilderness region of Mojave Trails National Monument near Essex, California.

The administration's latest target: research centers known as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

By Leah Dunlevy

Caribou graze in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Aurelia Skipwith is a biologist and lawyer who's been with the Department of the Interior since April of 2017.

By Emma Sarappo

Rhino; Endangered Species; Conservation; Wildlife

The U.S. reducing funding for global conservation efforts would result in serious ramifications for vulnerable species and communities.

By William H. Funk

Updates to past Pacific Standard stories.

By Francie Diep

The Lacey Act, a 115-year-old law that seeks to protect threatened species, is still going strong.

By Lauren Kirchner

Some Floridians have turned on their once-beloved state cat.

By Kim Tingley