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Scientists and conservationists express concerns over the introduction of common carp into river ecosystems in the Nilgiris, fearing catastrophic consequences for endangered species and local ecology.

Gray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in a decadeslong effort to build up wolf populations in the Rocky Mountain states. SciLine interviewed Joanna Lambert, professor of wildlife ecology and director of the American Canid Project at the University of Colorado Boulder, who discussed how…

Discover the untold stories of the maverick biologists at the Office of Endangered Species who fought to save America's wildlife against all odds.

On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act

The world has evolved dramatically in the 50 years since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed in December 1973. Two Ohio State University academics were among a group of experts invited by the journal Science to explore how the ESA has evolved and what its future may hold. Read…

Environmental historian Lowell Baier explains why saving the environment was once a bipartisan effort

Wolves are the first part of a plan to reintroduce the endangered species into the state after it was eradicated in the region

An endangered species of sea turtle has come ashore on the NSW mid-north coast to lay its eggs in the first known turtle nesting of the season.

Two wildlife conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway over delays in finalizing a plan to reduce the number of federally protected grizzly bears that are killed by trains in northwestern Montana and northern Idaho