endangered species

A recent proposal by the Trump administration could mean big changes for the Endangered Species Act.That law was passed some 40 years ago. It was designed…

State and federal wildlife agencies say the Kirtland's Warbler can safely be removed from the endangered species list. The yellow breasted songbird breeds…

We’ve heard a lot about honeybees and how important they are as pollinators. But bumblebees pollinate wildflowers and crops, too, and some kinds of…

The pesticide DDT was responsible for wiping out large populations of top predator birds in Michigan and across the country. One of the most well known…

A federal appeals court is keeping gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region on the endangered species list.A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of…

Biologists say the sixth mass extinction episode on Earth is already happening. But researchers say if we only look at species extinctions, we miss a big…

The Trump administration’s detailed budget proposal leaves fewer resources for protecting endangered species. Under the proposed plan, the budget for the…

Researchers have developed a way to track endangered species using smartphones and drones, and you can help them with that work.Stuart Pimm is the Doris…

Potter Park, Michigan's oldest public zoo, is working to preserve one of the world's most critically endangered species. Now it's waiting on approval to…

For the first time in the U.S., a bumble bee has been listed as an endangered species. It’s called the rusty patched bumble bee. The species is no longer…