Since Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act 45 years ago, the law has been credited with rescuing many species from the threat of extinction. Among them: icons such as the bald eagle, gray wolf, grizzly bear, and ...
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The Endangered Species Act, or "the Act," is arguably the most important law in the United States for conserving biodiversity and arresting the extinction of species.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2018
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The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animal and plant species and limiting habitat safeguards that are meant to shield recovering species from harm.
Ecology
Jul 19, 2018
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The federal government is considering another attempt to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2018
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The bald eagle population along Virginia's James River made a stunning comeback after falling to zero in the 1970s.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2018
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The federal government says the oceanic whitetip shark will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act to help the species recover.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2018
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A relatively new $13.5 million hatchery intended to save Snake River sockeye salmon from extinction is instead killing thousands of fish before they ever get to the ocean, and fisheries biologists in Idaho think they know ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2017
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The administration of US President Donald Trump faced a barrage of criticism on Thursday from animal rights groups after it authorized the import of Zimbabwean elephant hunting trophies.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2017
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Animals and plants can be considered endangered even if they are not on the brink of extinction, a judge ruled in overturning the U.S. government's re-classification of a small population of grizzly bears living in the forests ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2017
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Predator-killing cyanide traps such as one that sickened a boy in Idaho and killed his dog should be banned, environmental groups told the federal government Thursday.
Ecology
Aug 10, 2017
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