Greater sage grouse occupied more than 460,000 square miles across 13 Western states, including Montana, and three Canadian ...

A new study questions whether hunting is the primary driver of major drops in animal populations, suggesting that destruction of animal habitats through farming is a potentially bigger threat.

The Trump administration wants to change an endangered species law that prevents native habitat destruction. It is one of President Donald Trump's latest plans to reduce federal regulations that ...

Infrastructure provides many benefits to society, such as allowing for the transportation of goods and services and giving access to work or recreation for communities. The construction of dams, for ...

Explore how pollution, acidification, and climate threats impact ocean health and marine life, and discover solutions to ...

The rusty blackbird’s scientific name is Euphagus carolinus. The genus name, Euphagus (you-fa-gus) means “good to eat.” While few if any modern-day gourmands would contemplate working blackbirds into ...

It couldn't have happened at a worse time. With nesting season in full swing and a fresh crop of native grasses and trees bursting from the ground, Petaluma city officials dispatched a lawn mowing ...

More species of amphibians have become threatened with extinction, according to a global assessment that reviewed 8,000 species. While 2004 saw 39% of the species being threatened, about 41% are now ...

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act protected imperiled species' habitats from destruction. The Trump administration proposed a rule on Wednesday to change the interpretation of a key ...

An analytical model of competitive coexistence in spatial habitats, modified to address habitat destruction, predicts that the most abundant species can be among the first species driven extinct by ...

I do not agree with changing the definition of “harm” to taking direct action to kill or injure endangered or threatened wildlife, removing the prohibition against habitat destruction (“Trump ...

Pakistan's owl population is experiencing a sharp drop, wildlife experts warn, as unchecked habitat destruction, shrinking prey, and illegal poaching threaten the survival of these nocturnal birds.