endangered species

Grand Rapids’ John Ball Zoo says the endangered butterflies it’s helped raise have taken flight into the wild. It’s part of the zoo’s effort to increase the insect’s population in Michigan.

As part of John Ball Zoo’s conservation efforts, the zoo is conducting a survey of the rare spotted turtle across West Michigan. The zoo will also host several events in celebration of World Turtle Day this Saturday.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service heading captive breeding program.

The population is expected to remain above 4,000 for the foreseeable future.

We talk to Becky Thatcher.

In the late 1980s, the Great Lakes Piping Plover was nearly extinct. There were only 10 known pairs. Slowly, the endangered species has made a comeback.…

Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal…

Acting U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the nation's population of gray wolves has fully recovered across the Lower 48 states and no longer…

Federal officials have declared the Eastern puma extinct 80 years after the last confirmed sighting. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this…

A federal appeals court is keeping gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region on the endangered species list.A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of…