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A frog rests on a lily pad in a wetland
Our People
2024 Recovery Champions from the Midwest Region
May 16, 2025
A grotto sculpin underwater
Endangered Species Act
Final recovery plan for the grotto sculpin
Nov 27, 2024
A variety of mussels in the hand of biologist
Endangered Species Act
Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels
Oct 30, 2024
Woman sitting on the forest floor examining something in a small tray she is holding
Endangered Species Act
Snapshot: Rare Spider Monitoring Season Comes to a Close in the Smoky Mountains Backcountry
Sep 26, 2024
A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.
Wildlife Management
Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
Sep 26, 2024
A person wearing a wetsuit holds an eastern hellbender, wet after being pulled from the water, in two hands. The person's arms and hands and the salamander are visible, along with a yellow mesh fabric that's partially wrapped around the hellbender.
Endangered Species Act
Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender
Sep 12, 2024
A grass-like pool surrounded by rock.
Habitat Restoration
Between a Rock and an Endangered Place
Jun 21, 2024
An Arkansas River Shiners swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.
Endangered Species Act
Service Announces the Final Recovery Plan for the Arkansas River Shiner
Jun 14, 2024
Snail crawling up a vertical rock face
Endangered Species Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 59 Southeastern Species
Jun 5, 2024
Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...
Endangered Species Act
The Delisting of the Florida Golden Aster
Mar 4, 2024
Spectacled eider
Migratory Species
Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks
Nov 20, 2023
Several people walking into a river
Endangered Species Act
Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand
Sep 26, 2023

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A grotto sculpin underwater
Endangered Species Act
Final recovery plan for the grotto sculpin
Nov 27, 2024
A variety of mussels in the hand of biologist
Endangered Species Act
Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels
Oct 30, 2024
A person wearing a wetsuit holds an eastern hellbender, wet after being pulled from the water, in two hands. The person's arms and hands and the salamander are visible, along with a yellow mesh fabric that's partially wrapped around the hellbender.
Endangered Species Act
Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender
Sep 12, 2024
An Arkansas River Shiners swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.
Endangered Species Act
Service Announces the Final Recovery Plan for the Arkansas River Shiner
Jun 14, 2024
Snail crawling up a vertical rock face
Endangered Species Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 59 Southeastern Species
Jun 5, 2024
Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...
Endangered Species Act
The Delisting of the Florida Golden Aster
Mar 4, 2024
An Arkansas River Shiners swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.
Endangered Species Act
Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Imperiled Arkansas River Shiner
Aug 30, 2023
By rubbing their flippers and forepaws simultaneously, sea otters increase the efficiency of a grooming session.
Endangered Species Act
Sea Otter Open Houses
Jun 8, 2023
red wolf painted on a building with red background
Endangered Species Act
Service Works with Partners to Unveil Mural of World’s Most Endangered Wolf at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Apr 15, 2023
Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net
Endangered Species Act
Altamaha Spinymussel
Apr 5, 2023
older female red wolf crossing a field
Endangered Species Act
Service Delays Publication of Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Red Wolf
Mar 2, 2023
A small yellow flower on a thin green stalk in the foreground, with blurred stalks in the background.
Endangered Species Act
Seeking Comments on Recovery Plan for Endangered Arizona Flower
Feb 1, 2023

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A frog rests on a lily pad in a wetland
Our People
2024 Recovery Champions from the Midwest Region
May 16, 2025
Woman sitting on the forest floor examining something in a small tray she is holding
Endangered Species Act
Snapshot: Rare Spider Monitoring Season Comes to a Close in the Smoky Mountains Backcountry
Sep 26, 2024
A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.
Wildlife Management
Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
Sep 26, 2024
A grass-like pool surrounded by rock.
Habitat Restoration
Between a Rock and an Endangered Place
Jun 21, 2024
Spectacled eider
Migratory Species
Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks
Nov 20, 2023
Several people walking into a river
Endangered Species Act
Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand
Sep 26, 2023
Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and other partners pose for the Numana Dam groundbreaking.
Habitat Restoration
Numana Dam Fish Passage Project
Sep 20, 2023
Grasses with tall seed heads and conifer trees in the distance
Endangered Species Act
Snapshot: 48 hours in search of one of the world’s rarest spiders
Sep 18, 2023
From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle
Land Management
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – unique, worth every ounce of effort
Sep 15, 2023
Freshwater mussel survey in southeast Georgia
Our Partners
2023 ACF Basin Freshwater Mussel Workshop
Aug 30, 2023
Cluster of James spiny mussels resting on a blue backdrop
Endangered Species Act
The road to recovering the endangered James spinymussel
Aug 3, 2023
Two people crouching beside an ice cube tray filled with water and insects, which is set on an identification key.
Endangered Species Act
Snapshot: Mitchell County, N.C. Students Learn About Animals of the North Toe River
Oct 3, 2022

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