The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted today to protect western burrowing owls throughout California as a ...

A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized a rule removing 21 species from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act because of extinction. “My ...

Three conservation groups today notified state and federal agencies that ongoing efforts to trap and relocate Mexican gray ...

SAN FRANCISCO— Environmental groups sued the Interior Department, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for authorizing damaging activities in the California Desert ...

RENO, Nev. — In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

SACRAMENTO— In response to a petition and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today granted endangered status to a population of one of North ...

El ÚNICO jaguar salvaje que se conoce en los Estados Unidos es un macho que fue capturado en video recientemente vagando por las montañas de Santa Rita en las afueras de Tucson, Arizona. El vídeo de ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— A wild jaguar shown in a recent trail camera video from southern Arizona is a new jaguar not previously identified in the state. The images captured last month by a wildlife enthusiast ...