endangered species

I’m an evolutionary biologist and entomologist, serving as curator of entomology at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History. In March 2026 I, along with my collaborators, Scott Wehrly and Jeff Slotten, published an article in ZooKeys describing this new moth from the Florida scrub.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has started a review that could remove the endangered status from Rice's whales amid increased efforts toward offshore oil drilling.

Florida is home to over 100,000 sea turtle nests every year. After decades of community education, research and conservation efforts, there might be reason for cautious optimism heading into this sea turtle nesting season.

A larger coalition of environmental groups joined the fight to stop a powerful White House committee from lifting environmental protections to clear the way for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. House lawmakers are expected to vote soon on a suite of proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act.

Florida is home to a host of diverse wildlife you can’t find anywhere else. Most people know of manatees and Florida panthers. But you might never have heard of the Big Cypress fox squirrel, a subspecies found only in southwest Florida.

A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration over its decision this week to remove Endangered Species Act protections from species threatened by oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," we dig into a lawsuit in Charlotte County pitting a landowner against federal wildlife protections for the Florida scrub jay and why it could be significant to the Endangered Species Act.

An appeals court in Washington upheld a lower court decision to toss out a 2020 federal decision delegating authority of wetlands permitting to Florida.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service settled federal litigation over the species’ plight. But the wood stork will lose its listing under the Endangered Species Act.

After having what one described as a "significant impact" on Florida's black bear hunt this month, conservationists could seek to add bears to the federal threatened species list. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Tuesday reported 52 bears were killed during the hunt, which was held from Dec. 6 through Sunday. That was less than a third of the 172 bears that could have been killed.

The Trump administration wants to roll back protections for endangered and threatened species viewed as detrimental to economic growth. One critic says the proposals would have "destructive effects."