Tag Archives: Endangered

A multiagency operation was recently concluded that returned two herds of endangered bighorn sheep to locations in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, Inyo National Forest, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, worked together on …

Yosemite National Park is restoring the federally endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog to alpine lakes within the park. The yellow-legged frog was once the most common frog in mountain lakes throughout the Sierra Nevada, but introduced predators and diseases caused their population to decline by over 95 percent. Park experts …

The tricolored blackbird, native almost exclusively to Central California, gained protection under the state’s Endangered Species Act in 2018. Since then, the most at-risk colonies have successfully been protected, thanks in large part to San Joaquin Valley dairies. Sporting distinctive red and white shoulder patches, tricolored blackbirds have a nasal …

Last week the Trump Administration proposed a set of major changes to the Endangered Species Act. It’s a big issue here in California, where protected species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and in the Sierra have set off new efforts to protect critical habitat. Of course those measures have …

A large, fuzzy bumblebee landed on a native Rattlesnake Master wildflower planted near a path at Loyola University Chicago’s ecology campus in McHenry County, catching student Kevin White’s attention last … Click to Continue »

An environmental group is petitioning the federal government to declare lake sturgeon – a giant, ancient Great Lakes fish – an endangered species. The Center for Biological Diversity is seeking … Click to Continue »

It was just before 5 a.m. and four critically endangered wolves were tucked under a seat on a commercial flight from St. Louis to Arizona. The Mexican wolf puppies, one … Click to Continue »

The scene mirrors one popular in most medical television dramas: A sedated patient lies on a table as practitioners, their hands gloved, bustle about handling tubes and tongs, vials and … Click to Continue »

A Central Florida bird has begun to plunge so swiftly toward extinction in the wild that biologists are considering the risky option of capturing the last of the species, including … Click to Continue »

A vaquita porpoise captured by an international group of scientists attempting to save the species has died, prompting a re-evaluation of an extensive effort launched last month in Mexico’s Upper … Click to Continue »

Early one Wednesday morning in January, in an exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a fruit bat named Patty went into labor. This should have been good news. … Click to Continue »

Federal fisheries managers rejected a petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna as endangered this week, concluding that the species is stable, despite its historic low numbers. The National Marine Fisheries … Click to Continue »

The grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park has been protected by the federal government for more than four decades. That will begin to change next week. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke … Click to Continue »