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Beachgoers Help Beached Manatee Back to Water (Video)
Dozens of beach bathers and boaters helped care for a stranded manatee until wildlife officials could arrive on Ponce Inlet in Florida Wednesday.
They erected...
Wood Storks Soar Off Endangered List
In 1984, when the magnificent wood stork species was listed by the US government as endangered, its population was dropping by an alarming 5...
National Parks Announce Photo Contest Winners
The National Park Foundation announced the winners of this year's photo contest. The annual Share the Experience contest encourages amateur photographers to explore America’s...
Minnow is First Fish Taken off US Endangered List
A tiny minnow that lives only in Oregon backwaters is set to become the first fish ever taken off U.S. Endangered Species Act protection...
10 Environmental Victories and Triumphs of 2013
Native peoples' efforts to reintroduce fading species and restore habitats has unified environmentalists across regions -- the Indigenous and non-indigenous alike. Among the 2013...
US Endangered Species Act Turns 40, With Hundreds of Comeback Stories
President Richard Nixon signed into law, 40 years ago on December 28, the strengthened Endangered Species Act after Congress realized that without further protection from...
Panicked Fawn Plucked From River in First Save for Rookie Wildlife Officer
An officer in training for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission saved his first life while on patrol last week. Officer Keith Baber...
Endangered Sea Turtles Nesting at Record Levels on Florida Beaches
Endangered sea turtles are nesting in record numbers along the southeast Atlantic Coast this summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday....
739 Miles of U.S. Beaches Protected for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
After five years of delay, the federal government today finally proposed the protection of more than 739 miles of critical habitat for threatened loggerhead...
Prisoners Given Rare Assignment to Save Endangered Butterfly
At the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington, inmates are helping to save the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Under the supervision...
New Hope for Elephants Under Threat in Central Africa
A groundbreaking regional plan was signed yesterday by Central African countries to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species....
90 Percent of Endangered Species Recovering on Time
A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis of 110 endangered species finds that 90 percent are on track to meet recovery goals set by...
Military Families to Get Free Passes to National Parks
Members of the U.S. military and their families are being given free annual passes to national parks and iconic national monuments as part of...
Court Upholds Protection for Polar Bears
A federal judge today upheld a May 2008 decision that polar bears throughout their range should be protected as a “threatened” species under the...
The Puerto Rican Parrot Back from Near Extinction
The outlook is increasingly positive for the Puerto Rican parrot, which has hovered near extinction for decades, with slightly more than a dozen left...
Small Florida Fish Back From Brink of Extinction
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is upgrading the status of the Okaloosa darter from endangered to threatened saying that the population is being...
America’s Oldest Wild Bird is a New Mom at 60
The oldest known U.S. wild bird, a 60 year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is a new mother. The bird, which has likely logged 50,000...
Hundreds of Volunteers Renew Gulf Oyster Beds for New Coastline Project
Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds weakened by the BP...
9 Species That Returned From Extinction in 2010
A few lost species thought to be extinct have made miraculous reappearances in 2010, like the Sierra Nevada Red Fox, an earthworm that smells...
Prisoners Lovingly Raise Endangered Frogs by Hand
In a fenced off-area behind Cedar Creek Correctional Center, two inmates spend nine hours a day feeding and tending their tiny Oregon spotted frog...