![a bright orange lily with dark red speckles and anthers](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/pitkin-marsh-lily-courtesy-of-Jeff-Bisbee-CC-BY-NC-inaturalist.jpeg?h=5032c08b&itok=tqoru_rd)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Laysan albatross flying above Kahuku Golf Course](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/laysan-albatross-kahuku-golf-course-and-pasture-kahuku-tom-wilberding.jpg?h=f3862d1d&itok=TWTlkCKY)
Migratory Species
Habitat Restoration
![Snail crawling up a vertical rock face](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2019%2005-Noonday%20globe%20hunt%20Nantahala%20Gorge-Peeples-Noonday%20globe%201.jpg?h=790be497&itok=Lun64D1W)
Endangered Species Act
![a small bat hanging from a cave roof with white fungus on its nose](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/5765099287_bde8d845ef_o.jpg?h=4c5c077f&itok=-KoCednf)
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
![A yellow-shouldered blackbird perches on a tree limb. The bird is all black with yellow epaulets on its wings.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/yellow-shouldered-blackbird-mike-morel-usfws.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=xoFIRzFH)
Wildlife Wonders
![Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/kevin-travis.jpg?h=c7444bf1&itok=y7wsBBiU)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A striped fish, Roanoke logperch, swims along a rocky stream.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/banner-final.png?h=a6668f0a&itok=IVVYCc6K)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![sloth in tree](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/pygmy-sloth-pixabay.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=RM2a2GGh)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![a white plastic tray with nine partitions holds one light brown fairy shrimp in each partition. In the center is the text "the Branchi Bunch" in a font like the title of the sitcom, the Brady Bunch, to parody the opening title screen of the show.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/branchi-bunch-photo-credit-nora-papian-usfws.jpg?h=d9aebb25&itok=WpIt6V85)
Wildlife Wonders
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
![A sprawling valley with large snow capped mountains in the background. Framing the photo is the blooming branches of a whitebark pine tree.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/White-bark-pine-from-a-ridgeline-towards-grand-teton-Rose-Lehman-USFS.jpg?h=e2d7367d&itok=z_pVTf-z)
Endangered Species Act
![A picture demonstrating the incredible filtration capacity of freshwater mussels by using two tanks. After only 30 minutes, the aquarium with freshwater mussels contains crystal clear water while the one without mussels is still very cloudy and turbid.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/Freshwater%20Mussel%20Water%20Filtration_0.jpg?h=d01dab7a&itok=o3lQx8QE)
Endangered Species Act
![Pink and purple skies over snow-covered marsh and unfrozen water.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/snowy-marsh-at-parker-river-national-wildlife-refuge.jpg?h=78a9a510&itok=mKOiZ6FV)
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
Climate Change
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Climate Change
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![brown, white and black bird stands in shallow water](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Western%20snowy%20plover_0.jpg?h=6f3285a6&itok=IepyA7rj)
Habitat Restoration
![A hairy black and white animals climbs some rocks.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/wolverine-nps.jpg?h=6521bd5e&itok=Ch9RJzhV)
Habitat Restoration
![Spectacled eider](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Spectacled%20eider%20by%20Laura%20L%20Whitehouse%20USFWS.jpg?h=42344686&itok=ezUbZwtx)
Migratory Species
![A large, black beetle with big orange markings and orange-tipped antennas crawls on a human hand.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/male-american-burying-beetle.jpg?h=1a566cfb&itok=CnCyjmmy)
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
![A pink flower in bloom with silvery green leaves sits in rocky soils.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Lassics%20lupine%20courtesy%20of%20Emily%20Cate%20%2811%29.jpg?h=ba9a7d92&itok=zraNiugP)
Endangered Species Act
![a top down view of a dark colored shasta crayfish with orange in its joints and white speckles resting on pebbles underwater](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Shasta-Crayfish-credit-Lauren-Kong-USFWS_edit2.jpg?h=905e11cc&itok=uU38xBfJ)
Wildlife Wonders
![Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and other partners pose for the Numana Dam groundbreaking.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Groundbreaking%20Shovel%20Photo_Heil%20USFWS.jpg?h=58ee261b&itok=oLGSvjNW)
Habitat Restoration
![Plains spotted skunk in woodland habitat](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Spotted%20Skunk_0.jpg?h=4524f334&itok=WpxUCDpD)
Endangered Species Act
![Grasses with tall seed heads and conifer trees in the distance](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/20230830-VA-Highlands-Spider-search-Peeples-Whitetop-field-view.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=feB2dsT1)
Endangered Species Act
![Various species of freshwater mussels from the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/natdiglib_20495_full_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=c7v7kjnr)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Get Involved
Science and Technology
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Plant with a small white flower in the foreground, person in the background](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/20230707-Chimney-Rock-State-Park-white-irisette-survey-Peeples-White-irisette-beside-searcher.jpg?h=790be497&itok=8fq9_fVB)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Key deer doe and fawn](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Key%20deer%20doe%20and%20fawn%20K.Killam.jpg?h=c2d2cfd0&itok=vmvGzMPs)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Migratory Species
![By rubbing their flippers and forepaws simultaneously, sea otters increase the efficiency of a grooming session.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/sea%20otter%20banner.png?h=527bdae8&itok=ZToYnwO-)
Endangered Species Act
![Golden-eyed frog sits in shallow water buried in a pile of jellied eggs, green shoots of water plants emerging nearby](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/oregon-spotted-frog-on-egg-masses-billy-frank-jr-nisqually-national-wildlife-refuge-ryan-munes.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=pNVg6QiJ)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Migratory Species
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Our Partners
Endangered Species Act
Get Involved
![A small, brownish-gray riparian brush rabbit sits on a trail](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Riparian%20Brush%20Rabbit_Photo%20by%20Don%20Cool%282%29.jpg?h=02a5ee6a&itok=Es95IlR6)
Wildlife Management
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel shell](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Longsolid%20Credit%20Dick%20Biggins.jpg?h=8fcc1e21&itok=Z-YJvB4P)
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel shell](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Longsolid%20Credit%20Dick%20Biggins.jpg?h=8fcc1e21&itok=Z-YJvB4P)
Endangered Species Act
![A rust colored crayfish at the bottom of an aquarium tank](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Big_Sandy_crayfish_%2816382866013%29.jpg?h=c73f39cf&itok=xPX7jAfO)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![a grey and brown bird resting on a small branch](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/Bells%20Sparrow_0.jpg?h=416ba181&itok=GaxX-HJa)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
![This closeup of a Florida bristle fern at Castellow Hammock Preserve shows its reproductive phase. The largest leaves on this tiny plant are the size of a penny.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Florida%20bristle%20fern_0.jpg?h=56b1f98d&itok=MpN4li5G)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![a black and white photo from a trail camera of a san joaquin kit fox among low bushes looking the camera with glowing eyes](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/IMG_0007%20-cropped.jpg?h=46fc67cc&itok=8e62FOEt)
Wildlife Wonders
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Looking upstream at West Fork Millacoma River on Elliott State Research Forest](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/WestForkMillacoma_ODF.jpg?h=45e292d0&itok=gjDx5ohF)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Landscape view of mountains covered in pine trees and below blue skies](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/PurisimaHills_5.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=Y91FMHCH)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
Story
Endangered Species Act
![A small yellow turtle lies in the sand](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Baby-gopher-tortoise_Randy-Browning_USFWS.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=lXpD4d0o)
Endangered Species Act
![Two people crouching beside an ice cube tray filled with water and insects, which is set on an identification key.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/2022%2009-Mitchell%20Toes%20in%20the%20Toe-Peeples-Students%20with%20tray%20of%20insects.jpg?h=790be497&itok=UTxrJGhZ)
Endangered Species Act
![Biologist beside a boulder, teasing through moss and dirt with a pair of tweezers.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/2022%2009-Roan%20Mtn%20SFMS%20monitoring-Peeples-Sue%20Cameron%20searches%20for%20spiders%20%282%29.jpg?h=790be497&itok=sNGJWQ7S)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Students walking across a broad, rocky beach to a shallow river](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/2022%2009-ToesInTheToe-Yancey-Peeples-Students%20walking%20to%20river.jpg?h=790be497&itok=hZGEW-Rh)
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
![Two people standing in a forest looking up, one using binoculars](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/2022%2009-Big%20Tom%20Wilson%20spruce%20release%20marking-Peeples-Chris%20Kelly%20Matt%20Drury.jpg?h=790be497&itok=JvWewhnk)
Climate Change
Recreation
![Flowering plants in front of an office building](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2022%2008-Office%20garden-Peeples-Pollinator%20close-up.jpg?h=790be497&itok=n7nvrWqp)
Habitat Restoration
![Group of people walking along a dirt road past conifer trees and a scenic vista](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2022%2006-Big%20Tom%20visit-Peeples-Heading%20into%20the%20backcountry.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=qrzCt2uV)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Compartmentalized trays holding soil and young trees](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/2022%2004-Southern%20Highlands%20Reserve-Peeples-Greenhouse%20spruce.jpg?h=790be497&itok=aCik-C1I)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
Our People
Wildlife Management
![Person standing on a river bank beneath a bridge watching a crew working on a catwalk](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/2022%2003-Hwy280-F%20Broad%20River%20bat%20boxes-Peeples-Holland%20watches%20DOT%20crew.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=HhEC-tP6)
Endangered Species Act
![a fisher climbing a tree](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/10_FIsher_17_USDA_ForSvc.jpg?h=8ad1a958&itok=welNR4Y3)
Land Management
For Parents and Educators
Wildlife Management
Climate Change
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Houston toad](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/HoustonToadByUSFWS.jpg?h=6ea05180&itok=yZdv5Qfc)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![The flower head of the large-flowered fiddleneck shows the fiddleneck shape](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/1%20067.jpg?h=1f7c1d57&itok=6AJMbwUu)
Wildlife Wonders
Endangered Species Act
![Small blue fish](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Devils%20Hole%20pupfish.jpg?h=06db0562&itok=HMkO_g0i)
Wildlife Wonders
![Western Oregon forest landscape with sun shining through trees](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/forest.jpg?h=0248296f&itok=Jjx2MOoR)
Endangered Species Act
![Several adults in a semi-circle, listening to one person sitting on a truck tailgate](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/2022-03-Jay-Mays-gives-program-at-Stevens-Creek-Credit-Gary-Peeples.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=BzBXiUvX)
Endangered Species Act
![a small plant with white flowers attached to an above-ground root grows in the mud](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20220408_Gratiola%20heterosepala_USFWS%20Papian.jpg?h=f7a599d7&itok=VqRcTIfc)
Habitat Restoration
![A California tiger salamander larva with tiny forelimbs lays in front of a ruler. Its full length cannot be seen.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/CTS_Santa-Rosa-sampling_3.17.22_Credit-John-Cleckler_USFWS%20%287%29%20close%20up.jpg?h=1eab30ba&itok=WySXAZbe)
Climate Change
![Streaked horned lark standing on the ground at an airport](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/StHorned%20Lark%20%28Corvallis%20DLeonard%20May%202014%29.jpg?h=d6fd0688&itok=WA4o8l-f)
Endangered Species Act
![Dozens of whitish eggs clustered in a mass within leaf litter underwater.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/California-red-legged-frog-egg-mass-Claudia-Funari-1.jpg?h=bc9ce023&itok=bLIv_sgt)
Our Partners
![Sand dollar on driftwood](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/DriftSandDollar_byChristineUJonesBullsIsland.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=Wy40FZ79)
Recreation
Endangered Species Act
![A ruby throated hummingbird hovering upwards to a light purple flower to feed.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/ruby-throated-hummingbird-jim-hudgins-usfws.jpg?h=826e55b8&itok=JW7xWU__)
Land Management
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Climate Change
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Male yellow-faced bee](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/yellow-faced_bee_Sheldon_Plentovich_FWS.jpeg?h=7c1bc281&itok=FbjeUzWl)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
![Biologist pulling a red spruce tree from a trailer](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/2021-Sue-Cameron-offloading-red-spruce-Cherokee-National-Forest-Credit-Gary-Peeples.jpg?h=790be497&itok=dxVSbpwu)
Endangered Species Act
Our Partners
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Cerulean warbler in tree at Big Oaks NWR](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-02/JasonCerulean%20Warbler.jpg?h=036a71b7&itok=x_Pkdunl)
Science and Technology
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Story
Endangered Species Act
Story
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Story
Endangered Species Act
Our Partners
![A gray wolf sitting in dried grass. Only the head and shoulders are visible.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Gray%20wolf_USFWS.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=FFJOwdbP)
Wildlife Crime
Wildlife Management
Wildlife Wonders
Wildlife Management
![Two people carry bags filled with young red spruce trees down a trail](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/2017%2009-Spurce%20rest-Peeples-Trees%20on%20pole.jpg?h=790be497&itok=UnqzoRs4)
Endangered Species Act
![An endangered rusty patched bumblebee feeds at a flowering plant.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/rusty%20patched%20bumblebee-usfws.jpg?h=fe6f489e&itok=iV_tmNbW)
Endangered Species Act
Science and Technology
![A small brown bat with large ears sits on a rock](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Virginia_big-eared_bat_female.jpg?h=5f62bdfc&itok=ApDMxnwe)
Endangered Species Act
![A black-capped vireo sits with its beak open on a leafy branch](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Black-capped%20Vireo%20Alan%20Schmierer%20CC.jpg?h=1ab9aba7&itok=d25Ha0Wu)
Endangered Species Act
![small fish in a tank](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/3-Captive-DHP.jpg?h=a97ec303&itok=bAJJIUwl)
Endangered Species Act
![Biologist kneeling on the ground in a forest, holding a young tree with root ball that she's about to plant](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/2017-Sue-Cameron-plants-a-red-spruce-on-Cherokee-NF-Credit-Gary-Peeples.jpg?h=790be497&itok=5Ru35GW9)
Land Management
![Combat town at Camp Lejeune with a pine tree that is home to a red-cockaded woodpecker cluster.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/Combat-town-at-Camp-Lejeune-with-a-pine-tree-that-is-home-to-a-red-cockaded-woodpecker-cluster-Photo-by-Dan-Chapman%2C-USFWS.jpg?h=68e356ab&itok=qVQeXDct)
Endangered Species Act
![Underwater view of a snorkeler's face](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/2011%2006-Little%20River-Peeples-Jay%20Mays%20underwater.jpg?h=9ba8ce75&itok=XXQOZR52)
Endangered Species Act
![A large white bird with black legs, black markings around its eyes, and a long bill wading about to grab a blue crab out of shallow water](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/WhoopingCrane-BlueCrab-AransasRefuge-TX-KlausNigge.jpg?h=baf999f6&itok=BcexO5i-)
Science and Technology
Get Involved
![A masked bobwhite quail walks along a patch of gravel and dirt.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/masked%20bobwhite%20Steve%20Hillebrand%20USFWS.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=OenfmTZ3)
Our Partners
![A red-cockaded woodpecker perches on a tree cavity eating an insect.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/RCW.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=53gclyKk)
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![a small black, white, and yellow bird perched on a tree branch](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Golden-cheeked%20warbler_Melissa%20Cheatwood.jpeg?h=b9e329a7&itok=sTF49HQB)
Migratory Species
![A Hawaiian Hawk sits on a black horizontal pole.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/Hawaiian%20Hawk%20Mike%20Kullen%20CC.jpg?h=cd2a7045&itok=JrD1k4Bf)
Wildlife Wonders
![A Sonoran pronghorn runs through a field of yellow flowers.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Sonoran%20pronghorn%20in%20field_Steve%20Hillebrand.jpg?h=98617cfc&itok=ZB5LK88y)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Woman holding a freshwater mussel](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/2017%2006-Recoery%20Champ-Peeples-Hoch%20looks%20at%20mussel.jpg?h=cd38cc78&itok=PN9OeZnU)
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Science and Technology
Endangered Species Act
![a small black, white, and yellow bird perched on a tree branch](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Golden-cheeked%20warbler_Melissa%20Cheatwood_0.jpeg?h=ae9203f1&itok=nnnTE8gr)
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![a bright orange lily with dark red speckles and anthers](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/pitkin-marsh-lily-courtesy-of-Jeff-Bisbee-CC-BY-NC-inaturalist.jpeg?h=5032c08b&itok=tqoru_rd)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Snail crawling up a vertical rock face](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2019%2005-Noonday%20globe%20hunt%20Nantahala%20Gorge-Peeples-Noonday%20globe%201.jpg?h=790be497&itok=Lun64D1W)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A striped fish, Roanoke logperch, swims along a rocky stream.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/banner-final.png?h=a6668f0a&itok=IVVYCc6K)
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Press Release
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Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
![A hairy black and white animals climbs some rocks.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/wolverine-nps.jpg?h=6521bd5e&itok=Ch9RJzhV)
![A pink flower in bloom with silvery green leaves sits in rocky soils.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Lassics%20lupine%20courtesy%20of%20Emily%20Cate%20%2811%29.jpg?h=ba9a7d92&itok=zraNiugP)
Endangered Species Act
![Plains spotted skunk in woodland habitat](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Spotted%20Skunk_0.jpg?h=4524f334&itok=WpxUCDpD)
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![By rubbing their flippers and forepaws simultaneously, sea otters increase the efficiency of a grooming session.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/sea%20otter%20banner.png?h=527bdae8&itok=ZToYnwO-)
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Wildlife Management
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Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel shell](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Longsolid%20Credit%20Dick%20Biggins.jpg?h=8fcc1e21&itok=Z-YJvB4P)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel shell](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Longsolid%20Credit%20Dick%20Biggins.jpg?h=8fcc1e21&itok=Z-YJvB4P)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![a grey and brown bird resting on a small branch](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/Bells%20Sparrow_0.jpg?h=416ba181&itok=GaxX-HJa)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
![This closeup of a Florida bristle fern at Castellow Hammock Preserve shows its reproductive phase. The largest leaves on this tiny plant are the size of a penny.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Florida%20bristle%20fern_0.jpg?h=56b1f98d&itok=MpN4li5G)
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Endangered Species Act
![Looking upstream at West Fork Millacoma River on Elliott State Research Forest](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/WestForkMillacoma_ODF.jpg?h=45e292d0&itok=gjDx5ohF)
![Landscape view of mountains covered in pine trees and below blue skies](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/PurisimaHills_5.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=Y91FMHCH)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A small yellow turtle lies in the sand](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Baby-gopher-tortoise_Randy-Browning_USFWS.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=lXpD4d0o)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Houston toad](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/HoustonToadByUSFWS.jpg?h=6ea05180&itok=yZdv5Qfc)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Western Oregon forest landscape with sun shining through trees](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/forest.jpg?h=0248296f&itok=Jjx2MOoR)
Endangered Species Act
![Streaked horned lark standing on the ground at an airport](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/StHorned%20Lark%20%28Corvallis%20DLeonard%20May%202014%29.jpg?h=d6fd0688&itok=WA4o8l-f)
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![A gray wolf sitting in dried grass. Only the head and shoulders are visible.](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Gray%20wolf_USFWS.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=FFJOwdbP)
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