U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The proposed road through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area has been a long-fought tug-of-war between administrations, courts, Congress and the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

Centuries after devastating Medieval Europe, the Black Death is targeting Utah prairie dogs. Now, scientists are testing a new way to protect the threatened species before it’s too late.

The Temple of Sinawava dam, built in 1957, kept native fish like flannelmouth suckers pinned downstream on the Virgin River.

The Center for Biological Diversity sued in 2023 and secured a settlement last year that forced the government to decide by May whether to list the fish under the Endangered Species Act.

Wildlife managers say an annual population survey shows there are now at least 286 Mexican gray wolves roaming parts of New Mexico and Arizona. That is 11% more than the previous year.

The Biden administration is keeping protections in place for more than 2,000 grizzly bears in western states despite requests to lift the safeguards. The fearsome bruins have been federally protected since 1975 as a threatened species.

The Northern Corridor Highway alternative route chosen by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would avoid building a new road through prime Mojave Desert tortoise habitat.

Zone 6 is a popular recreation spot and desert tortoise habitat that was protected as part of the deal to build a highway near St. George. Local leaders and the state now say if the highway doesn’t happen, the land is open for business.

The lawsuit follows a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in February to reject conservationists’ requests to restore endangered species protections across the region.

A new report from the Bureau of Land Management highlights how a proposed highway through protected land north of St. George could increase wildfire risk and harm endangered desert tortoises.

Window collisions are a big threat during spring bird migration. New window treatments going up at Zion National Park are part of a movement to reduce glass strikes.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Friday that it has rejected petitions from environmental groups to add wolves in the northern Rockies and parts of the western U.S. to the Endangered Species List.