The state fish and wildlife website said that the Central Ratsnake is the longest in Vermont, growing 5 to 6 feet long. The ...

OPINION: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to change the long-standing regulatory definition of "harm" in the Endangered Species Act.

On April 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed rescinding the definition of “harm” in the Endangered ...

Piping Plovers are federally designated endangered species that nest on Connecticut beaches in spring and summer. They require very specific habitats for nesting and state officials and environmental ...

The Biden administration is being criticized for lack of urgency. Species that once thrived in North America are are rapidly on the way to becoming extinct, and as conservationists work to prevent ...

Three groups, including the Zoo, have received an award for their collaborative work to save the critically endangered Poweshiek skipperling butterfly.

Rice’s whale is the only baleen whale species that lives year round in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in the continental ...

Editor’s note: We now offer an audio version of our Sunday features. To access, click on the player above. “There’s a piping plover here somewhere,” said Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe, reacting to a faint ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that monkey couple Pam and Ripley — endangered François langurs — ...

Shark meat, a culinary delicacy in parts of South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, may not be what it seems. Many shark ...

Scientists analyzed the DNA of commercially available shark meat. The results were alarming for conservation.