Endangered Species

An ecological advocacy organization has filed a formal notice to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over alleged habitat reduction of two endangered snake species in Arizona and New Mexico.

The population of wild Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has exceeded 200 for the first time since the species was reintroduced 25 years ago. Wildlife officials confirmed the numbers in their annual count of the endangered animals.

The chicks hatched a few weeks ago and will remain behind the scenes with their parents until they're ready for a public appearance.

Federal wildlife officials say the population of an endangered fish in the Upper Colorado River received a major boost last year.

Conservation groups are urging wildlife officials to allow a female endangered Mexican gray wolf to continue wandering in northern New Mexico.

A minnow that can reach six feet long and weigh eighty pounds—now that’s a fish story! But, this one happens to be true. The Colorado pikeminnow was known to reach such sizes.

An environmental group is petitioning federal officials to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest.

Environmentalists want the U.S. government to list coyotes as endangered in parts of Arizona and New Mexico where Mexican gray wolves are found.

An endangered species of squirrel that lives on southeastern Arizona’s Mount Graham has recently experienced a recent population boost.

Environmentalists are pushing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to do more to protect Mexican gray wolves after one of the endangered predators was found dead in southwestern New Mexico.