Meet the 'God Squad,' the Powerful Endangered Species Panel That Just Pared Back Protections

The committee has approved an exemption to endangered species protections for just the third time in its history.

15 Endangered Species That Haven’t Changed Since the Age of Dinosaurs

Discover 15 endangered species that haven't changed since the age of dinosaurs. See the rare photos of nature's survivors.

Family of beavers released into the wild in area they went extinct 400 years ago

The family includes an adult male and female and two baby beavers ...
The Lens

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered-species protections in the Gulf of Mexico

The Endangered Species Act was overridden by a rare “God Squad” vote, allowing expanded oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico despite threats to the critically endangered Rice’s whale.

Five Australian animals that could be extinct by 2050

Once common across the grasslands west of Melbourne, the Victorian grassland earless dragon was thought to be extinct for 54 ...
New Hampshire Magazine

Endangered Animals Living on the Brink

As the NH State Wildlife Action Plan enters its second decade, the need to protect local species from climate change, pollution and habitat destruction continues. These eight species and others facing ...
Houston Public Media

Galveston activists sue over Endangered Species Act exemption for oil and gas industry in the Gulf

Trump administration officials within the Endangered Species Committee, or "God Squad," voted unanimously to exempt oil and ...