WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it will not be further investigating the petition to revise critical habitat for vernal pool fairy shrimp and vernal pool ...

Under the resonating booms of departing aircraft, clusters of creatures are celebrating spring at Beale Air Force Base. Chorus frog tadpoles wiggle, and predatory diving beetles plunge downward in ...

Fleeting woodland ponds teeming with fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and blue-spotted salamanders might sound straight out of a fantasy novel, but they’re actually an essential feature of Michigan ...

Michigan vernal pools shelter salamanders, fairy shrimp and frogs. Learn why these seasonal wetlands matter and how to help ...

CHICO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today of its intent to file a lawsuit challenging the permitting of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A federal judge in California ruled that federal approval of the Stonegate development, a 314-acre mixed-use project in Chico’s vernal pools, was unlawful. Thursday’s U.S. District ...

SOUTHWICK — With vernal pools declining as a result of habitat loss, a state biologist recently visited a pool in the North Pond Conservation Area with over two dozen area residents to explain their ...

Around these parts, they’re called wicked big puddles. Don’t let the name fool you, though. While vernal pools are really fun to explore, and you can see things there that you won’t find anywhere else ...

SOUTH HADLEY — What looks suspiciously like a puddle to most of us, to Brad Timm is a whole new world of creatures, living and dying, unseen by the rest of the world. “There is a multilayered ...

You won’t find fairy shrimp on the Red Lobster menu, however, you will find them swimming at Joshua Tree National Park. Last month, Tropical Storm Hilary dropped 1 to 4 inches of rain on different ...