The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally announced its decision Friday that Endangered ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allegedly failing to clean up toxic, lead-based paint at federal facilities on Midway Atoll. The group said Monday that the paint kills up ...

A Maryland developer has agreed not to build 24 turbines and will abandon 31 proposed sites at a West Virginia wind farm, settling a lawsuit by environmental groups worried about potential harm to the endangered Indiana bat. Under the deal announced Wednesday, Beech Ridge ...

Wildlife officials fear the world's only remaining natural flock of endangered whooping cranes could be at risk of another winter die-off. The flock suffered a record 23 deaths last year at its drought-stricken winter nesting grounds in southern Texas. Wildlife managers say a scarcity of ...