Shutterstock Image I will be honest with you all: at first, this headline baffled me. Why on earth would someone be mad at an ...

Considered to be Florida’s most famous flower, the ghost orchid population has declined by up to 50% in the state ...

After a long stint in court, FWS agreed last year to make a decision on the plant, which is largely located in places like ...

A local cactus once thought to occupy a much larger range and to exist in far fewer numbers is being removed from the federal ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will seek endangered-species status for the ghost orchid, a swamp-dwelling, ...

A proposal to rescind the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act has people talking — to the tune of more than ...

The fight to save the hellbender illustrates the role national parks can play in saving species like this one from extinction ...

“The long-term survival of the Sonoran desert tortoise is severely threatened by ever-increasing losses of habitat due to ...

One of Florida’s rarest and most beloved swamp dwellers, the ghost orchid, could soon see increased protections under the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding the rare white orchid as an endangered species after population steeply ...

A Colorado cactus once thought vulnerable to oil shale development has now become the first plant to be removed from ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora treaty covers all orchid species, ...