The rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels, named for the shape of their shells, were protected as ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying Endangered Species ...

Within a typical forest in the eastern United States, salamanders are everywhere. On an acre of forest, thousands of salamanders may be foraging among the leaf litter, under logs, and in creeks ...

The razorback sucker is a large, warm-water fish native to the Colorado River basin. Construction of more than a dozen dams throughout the lower basin has left little natural habitat for the fish and ...

DESCRIPTION: The Riverside fairy shrimp is a small, freshwater crustacean between 13 and 25 millimeters long, with females being slightly smaller than males. The animal's frontal appendage is ...

An analysis of oil and gas pipeline safety in the United States reveals a troubling history of spills, contamination, injuries and deaths. This time-lapse video shows pipeline incidents from 1986 to ...