Hellbenders are the largest salamanders in North America and can grow up to 29 inches, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The United States is moving to grant federal protections to the monarch butterfly -- a once-common species recognizable by ...
As NOAA Fisheries explains, “The Endangered Species Act of 1973 provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and ...
The red-cockaded woodpecker in the Southeast is no longer federally endangered, thanks to decades of conservation work; the ...
Marine invertebrates, however, don't often get the same attention — and researchers are working to change that. Giant clams ...
The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State ...