President Obama's designation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean had little or no impact on commercial fisheries, according to an examination of catches before, during, and after establishment of the monument.

A federal judge on Thursday restored Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf across much of the country, ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2020 removed the protections based on two core populations of the canid, not on the species' status in a significant portion of its historic range and did not consider whether that range was needed to achieve full recovery.

Nearly 200 countries have developed various forms of biodiversity strategies, but the United States is not one of them, according to a coalition of conservation groups that want the Biden administration to create a national biodiversity strategy in a bid to slow the sixth mass extinction.

A house at Cape Hatteras National Seashore claimed by the ocean early Wednesday sent a debris field more than 7 miles down the beach, prompting a warning to seashore visitors while officials worked on a plan to remove the structure.