Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn’t count as 'harm' under proposed rule The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big ...

The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the ...

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.

By Shanna Hanbury Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically ...

Endangered species face a barrage of threats from human activities. We owe them a place to call home. Lisa H. Sideris is a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project and the University of California .

Under the Endangered Species Act, it's illegal to "take" an endangered species. By law, "take" is defined to mean actions that harass, harm, or kill species.