According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Endangered Species Act exists to protect threatened or endangered fish, ...

The species in question is the Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii)—a tube-like cactus plant that can grow up to 20 feet tall.

Species on the decline — 12 of them — include the harbor seal and several species of sea stars and abalone. You can peruse the whole report card here . Abalone at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

The Key Largo tree cactus, located in the Florida Keys, has become the first U.S. species to become extinct due to sea level rise, scientists say.

In the late-1970s, a small freshwater fish known as the snail darter made history when its newly acquired status as an endangered species helped to temporarily block construction of the Tellico Dam in ...

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.