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The bird dwells west of Lubbock, and in the tip of the Panhandle, north of Amarillo.

Peppered chubs are small, speckled fish that used to dart around in northern and central Oklahoma's rivers. Now they only live in a small section of the South Canadian River north of Amarillo, Texas, and have been on the endangered species list since 2022.

The decision by a Texas federal court removed the lesser prairie chicken of any endangered or threatened species protections, which were established through a Biden-era ruling. The Trump administration had tried to reverse the designation, on behalf of livestock and oil producers.

Sand Creek Ranch was recently acquired by The Nature Conservancy to protect wildlife habitat.

The decision came despite mounting threats to the warbler’s habitat from both land development and climate change.

The EPA has completed less than 5% of its Endangered Species Act caseload in reviewing pesticides. Now the agency is proposing a new strategy for scrutinizing agricultural chemicals’ effects on listed species.

A pair of adult wolves was recently transferred from a ranch in New Mexico to the wild in Chihuahua, Mexico.

The Republican congressman who represents south-central Kansas called the proposed federal protections for the native prairie bird "nonfactual."

Only about 30,000 of the birds are left, down from millions. And they've been at the heart of political and conservation debates for years.

Conservationists say habitat loss and climate change have led to a decline in the number of monarchs over the past three decades.