Endangered Species List

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the monarch to its ‘red list’ of threatened species Thursday. It says the butterfly is threatened by habitat loss and climate change.

Gray wolves regained federal protection on Thursday following the decision of a U.S. district judge in California. That means Wisconsin can no longer hold a wolf hunt this fall.

The population was estimated at 4,490 following the June survey. That's down slightly from the last full count in 2015, but officials say the population is stable.

News is just coming to light about a momentous wildlife management event from last December. It involves a little black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann,…

The National Resources board set a wolf harvest quota of 200 wolves for a hunt expected to happen this month.That number is based on the recommendations…

The gray wolf has been on and off the federal endangered species list for years. Right now, it’s off the list. But designation on the endangered species…

Gray wolves are no longer federally protected in Wisconsin or anywhere else in the continental U.S. expect for a small subspecies in the southwest.Several…

As the year comes to a close, the Masked Biologist takes a few minutes to ponder the fate of endangered species around the globe and closer to home.It’s…

Each year monarch butterflies float through Northern Wisconsin on their way to Canada or Mexico, but the number of migrating monarchs is shrinking as the…