Tag: Endangered and extinct species

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there’s enough scientific evidence that two rare plants in Nevada’s desert could go...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government says it will decide whether protection is needed for a freshwater turtle found only in Mississippi and...

BEIJING (AP) - Activists in China have released a pangolin into the wild to celebrate new protections for the armadillo-like animal whose numbers in...

BRUSSELS (AP) - Environmental groups are urging the European Union to take drastic action to protect insects, saying in a report Tuesday that more...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charismatic long-maned monkeys native to Brazil’s Atlantic...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charismatic long-maned monkeys native to Brazil’s Atlantic...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A U.S. judge canceled a key permit Wednesday for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that’s expected to stretch from Canada...

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river...