On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law. ... Since 1973, only 127 species—only 5 percent of listed species—have been delisted.

America's national bird is doing great. The government's proposed cuts to nature protections could put that at risk.

Fifty years ago last week, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a conservation law that quickly became one of the most politically attacked of all time. A few months ...

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. The United States has one of the world's most powerful legal tools for protecting species at risk of extinction: the Endangered Species Act. Since it was passed by Congress ...

Wilson considered the Endangered Species Act of 1973 the most important piece of conservation legislation in our nation’s history. I know what that means. I know because I lived it.

The Endangered Species Act was established in 1973 to protect "various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States that had been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

That interpretation has been a crucial part of how the Endangered Species Act has protected over 1,700 species since its passage in 1973, said Hartl.

"When the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, no one fully understood how strong it was and how much it gave final decision and final authority to the Fish and Wildlife Service and to the ...

The Endangered Species Act (ESA), often criticized for its perceived economic drawbacks, has a more nuanced and positive ...