The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated around 3,814 river miles as critical habitat for four endangered species of ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2023 it would list the salamander mussel on the endangered species list but ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to follow through on plans to protect salamander mussels under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

Atherosclerosis is the buildup of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls. This buildup, called plaque, results in the thickening or hardening of the arteries, substantially ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the Kentucky creekshell as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and designated 545 river miles of critical ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 3,814 river miles across 17 states as critical habitat for four endangered freshwater mussel species, aiming to bolster conservation efforts amid ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s rivers and streams are among the most biodiverse freshwater systems in the world, but one of their most important inhabitants is increasingly at risk. Freshwater mussels ...

Greenhouse gas emissions are heating our atmosphere and oceans, and turning seawater more acidic. One of the myriad expected ...

View of Lake Memphremagog from a hill near Mansonville, Eastern Townships, Quebec. Photo by Kevstan/Wikimedia Commons Scientists have found invasive zebra mussels in Vermont’s section of Lake ...