The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. Fraud or bad science? From David Mastio: ...

On December 12, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under ...

The two-inch snail darter became a symbol for regulatory overreach in the 1970s. New research suggests the fish was not an endangered species — or even a species.

Bald eagles and ospreys were removed from the state Endangered Species List after years of recovery efforts, the DEP ...

Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is ...

While a slimy species of giant salamander continues disappearing from mountain streams, conservationists hope endangered species protections can help the Eastern hellbender turn the tide toward ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and the strength of the United States for more than 240 years officially became the ...

The bald eagle is a noble looking bird of prey, and no wonder was chosen as our national emblem and national bird. Its strong ...

Eagles, along with their fish-loving cousins, osprey, were once almost gone from New Jersey. Both species have recovered ...

The bright orange and black-marked monarch migrates through Oklahoma each fall and spring, stopping along its route to ...

A new study by Yale researchers shows that the tiny fish, discovered in a lower stretch of the Little Tennessee River in 1973, is not a distinct species at all, meaning it was never endangered. The ...