U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins will hear arguments Nov. 3 in Tucson on a request to halt South32’s Hermosa mine expansion onto public land in southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains while a ...

A California court ruled in favor of community, environmental justice, and conservation groups Monday, determining that Kern County’s approval of the massive Carbon TerraVault I project violated the ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will protect the California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. The owls have seen their numbers dwindle because of ...

SAN FRANCISCO— In a win for California’s forests, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to finalize protections for the California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act by April ...

Diamondback terrapins are the wild jewels of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. With diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, these stunning turtles are a keystone species in the salt marshes and ...

A total of at least 24 large whales, most of them humpbacks, have been confirmed entangled in all types of fishing gear off California in 2026. Several new entanglements are pending review. Scientists ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking protections under the Endangered Species Act for two animals threatened with extinction by gold mining in ...

SANTA FE, N.M.— A coalition of 48 environmental, community and Indigenous organizations launched an ad campaign in New Mexico this week calling on U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich to withdraw his sponsorship ...

WASHINGTON— More than 100 groups urged Congress today to oppose the Senate permitting bill, which contains sweeping provisions gutting protections for hundreds of millions of acres of public lands ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In nearly two years the Trump administration has protected just three species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and missed dozens of deadlines to make ...