More Endangered Species Found to Be Partially or Fully Recovered in 2016 Than Any Year Since Endangered Species Act Passed in 1973 AUSTIN, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to ...

AUSTIN, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today changed the designation of the central Texas Tobusch fishhook cactus from “endangered” to the less-dire “threatened.” The change reflects the ...

The Tobusch fishhook cactus has a fancy new name and an encouraging new status, as a partial success story for the Endangered Species Act. The Tobusch fishhook cactus has a fancy new name and an ...

(CN) – Reduced federal protection for a recovering southwest cactus is a win for ranchers who find protections burdensome, and for conservationists who strive to protect imperiled species. “While the ...

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) finalized its reclassification of the Tobusch fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus brevihamatus ssp. tobuschii), a small cactus found in Texas, downlisting ...

On December 28, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule to reclassify the Tobusch fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus brevihamatus ssp. tobuschii), downlisting the ...

A rare cactus native to eight Edwards Plateau counties has recovered enough to move down on the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says. The service said Tuesday that the ...

I've held a grudge for nearly 40 years, and it's time to let it go. It's about cactus. It all started when I was a college student working in the horticulture greenhouse. While moving a large, ...