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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - Federal grazing permits jeopardize threatened and endangered cactus that live only in three Utah counties, environmentalists claim in court. The Western Watersheds Project claims ...

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, ...