Editor’s note: Last month, the Department of Natural Resources reported 60 endangered and 60 threatened species in Michigan. This week, in honor of Earth Day, we will share the stories of some of ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— In response to a petition and two lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Mexican garter snake warrants protection ...

A yellow-and-olive striped garter snake subspecies that once frequented Southern Arizona rivers and streams is in bad enough shape that it could disappear from the United States within a ...

Scientists discovered a new wolf snake on Great Nicobar and confirmed it through DNA and body traits. The species needs ...

CHICAGO— Conservation groups formally notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today of their intent to sue over a 2017 decision to deny the Kirtland’s snake protection under the Endangered Species ...

The population of a seldom-seen snake native to the Tucson area is thin enough to make it an endangered species, but it won't be protected as one - at least for now. The Tucson shovel-nosed snake - ...

A small garter snake whose protected status has delayed construction projects in Wisconsin was expected to come off the state’s endangered or threatened species list, according to the Department of ...

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Michigan's lone venomous viper, is the scariest snake you've probably never seen — except in pictures, perhaps. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing ...

JACKSON (AP) - A bill introduced by the late Sen. Craig Thomas to protect portions of the Snake River headwaters under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is drawing opposition from Sen. Larry Craig, ...