threatened species

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.

A coalition of environmental groups has proposed a set of new rules for managing the Colorado River amid heated negotiations about how to share the water supply, which is shrinking due to climate changed.

The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal.

The federal government wants to expand the sage grouse’s protected range, and Wyoming is skeptical about that plan. So, officials and locals recently put their heads together about it to craft their own plan.

One of the best times to observe the threatened desert tortoise is in the fall. This is why biologists are asking the public to share their sightings.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ program has rehomed over 300 tortoises.

The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz has begun. It documents migratory monarch butterfly sightings, and now that the butterfly is endangered, it’s more important than ever.

In a flurry of lawsuits stretching across the West, conservation groups are accusing the federal government of failing to protect a rare bird: the sage...

Salt Lake County jail inmates are getting involved in an effort to repopulate a threatened species in Utah. The County Corrections Bureau held a grand…