On Nov. 21, 2025, the Trump administration published four proposed rules designed to reinstate most of the 2019 regulations ...

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 specialists how they define the concept and you might get 10 answers. In this ...

The question of what defines a species has vexed scientists across the ages, particularly in conservation, where decisions require a firm understanding of biodiversity. When you purchase through links ...

Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. The Trump administration is proposing to change the definition of “harm” under the regulation of the Endangered Species Act. For decades ...

Now, critical habitat can include areas where a protected species doesn’t live but could find hospitable. The Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries today rescinded a Trump-era definition of ...

In response to the Trump administration’s proposed new rules to limit protections for critical habitats under the Endangered ...

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their ...

The environmental organization Earthjustice submitted May 19th comments to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fishery Service (collectively, “Services”) addressing their ...

The Trump administration announced earlier this week its proposal to make changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), limiting protections given to plants and animals and boosting the influence of ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services on Thursday announced a new rule reversing a Trump-era definition of “habitat” as applied to endangered animals. Under the 2020 rule, the definition of ...

Lauren Kinsman-Costello defines what it means when a species is non-native or invasive. Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Kent State University, defines what it ...

The Trump administration’s definition was at odds with the conservation purposes of the Endangered Species Act, wildlife officials said. By Catrin Einhorn The Biden administration is throwing out the ...