The Center for Biological Diversity has launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek protections for ...

Decades ago, a rural Nye County town rallied behind an unlikely environmental cause — the Amargosa toad. The small, slimy toad became the unofficial mascot of Beatty when environmentalists sounded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amargosa toad. (Photo courtesy Center for Biological Diversity) A conservation group is preparing to sue the federal government ...

BEATTY, Nev.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking protection for Amargosa toads under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

(CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday sought emergency protection for a rare toad species whose habitat in Southern Nevada is under threat by seven proposed gold mining projects.

Citing a “new existential threat” to an amphibian that clings to a narrow slice of gold-rich Nevada desert, environmentalists Wednesday filed another petition seeking Endangered Species Act ...

Along with looking at other species, the Fish and Wildlife Service will consider protections for a Nevadan toad and fish. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday said it will closely examine seven ...

A conservation group is preparing to sue the federal government for failing to make a decision on whether to list a rare Nevada toad and fish as an endangered or threatened species. On Tuesday, the ...