Endangered Species

The Florida grasshopper sparrow was North America’s most endangered bird, with around 80 left in the wild. The total wild population has jumped to more than 120.

The red-cockaded woodpecker is being shifted from endangered status to threatened, but it would keep several protections afforded to endangered species under a new proposal.

Both species were targeted under the Trump administration for a status change despite worsening threats.

The turtles' population has dwindled due to overharvesting and other factors.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may soon declare the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct. The nation's largest woodpecker was first listed as endangered in 1967. And its historical range spanned Cuba and the southeastern United States, including Florida.

A biologist says the sparrows became a key indicator for Everglades health and the variety of plants that the ecosystem needs to flourish.

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is in the midst of updating its management plan, which may include changes to areas with special protection like Pelican Shoal.

The U.S. military and conservation groups forged an unusual alliance to help save the red-cockaded woodpecker, but a Trump-era move to take it off the endangered list could threaten the bird.

Climate change and development are cited as reasons for adding the eastern black rail bird to the list.

A new study by the University of Miami and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that tracked sawfish in Biscayne Bay for the first time found sightings increasing, suggesting the bay may provide an important migratory route or other important habitat.

Social distancing restrictions from coronavirus have actually led to a rare community effort: the tracking of an endangered species after a north Atlantic…

One of Hawaii's most threatened seabirds, the Newell's shearwater, makes its home on the island of Kauai. Conservationists there are fighting to keep the iconic bird from disappearing.