A brief history of the Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act, signed into law by President Nixon in 1973, replaced two existing laws, the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 ...

The Endangered Species Act was just one part of his contributions to environmental conservation. So, while Congress passed the act as we know it on Dec. 28, 1973, ...

On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law. In celebrating the law's enactment, Nixon proclaimed that the law would "provide[] ...

On Monday, House Republicans included a provision in their fiscal 2026 spending bill for the Interior Department and EPA that ...

The United States’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), signed into law in 1973, has helped revive the populations of nearly 300 species.. The ESA protects animals that are classified under federal ...

The Endangered Species Act celebrates its 50th birthday in December 2023, and there is good reason for environmentalists to cheer its legacy. Later described by the Supreme Court as "the most ...

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was created to protect animals and plants that were in danger of becoming extinct. More than 2,200 species are listed as endangered or threatened.

Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the ...

A video is blowing up on social media of an endangered giant manta ray being taken from the waters off the Florida Panhandle ...

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 ...

“The Endangered Species Act is our best tool to address biodiversity loss in the United States,” Senate Environment and Public Works chairman Tom Carper said during a May floor debate over ...

For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has provided bedrock legal protection for nature’s most vulnerable, including 1,684 plant and animal species native to the United States and the ...