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Whooping cranes with chicks at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin. Photo credit: Richard Urbanek / USFWS

Survey Shows Whooping Crane Numbers Up in Texas

The Service's Winter Whooping Crane Survey estimates there's a total of 279 whooping cranes, including 257 found within the primary wintering grounds and 22 beyond that area. Service personnel conducted seven surveys of the primary wintering grounds of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock, the last remaining wild flock of whooping cranes...
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Lange's metalmark butterfly

Relict Leopard Frog

The relict leopard frog was believed to be extinct until three populations were discovered during the early 1990s. While the rare frog has not been found in Utah since 1950, it is at home in freshwater springs in Nevada and Arizona.

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Photo credit: Tom Brennan

Lange's metalmark butterfly

Lange's Metalmark Butterfly

The Lange's metalmark is a reddish-orange butterfly with only a 1.5-inch wingspan. Its last known home is the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1980 specifically to protect the butterfly.

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Photo credit: David Kelly, USFWS

copperbelly water snake

Copperbelly Water Snake

The copperbelly water snake lives in lowland swamps or other warm, quiet waters. The population of copperbelly water snakes that live in southern Michigan, northeastern Indiana, and northwestern Ohio has been listed as threatened.

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Photo credit: ©Omar Attum, used with permission

Colorado pikeminnow

Colorado Pikeminnow

The Colorado pikeminnow, formerly the Colorado squawfish, is the largest American minnow, growing up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 80 pounds. The fish occurs in the warm, swift waters of the big rivers of the Colorado Basin.

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Photo credit: Joe Ferreira

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Manatee

Introduction to Manatees

Video resource for people who may observe for manatees during permitted in-water activities to help prevent animal injury or death.

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Photo credit: David Hinkel

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Last updated: March 8, 2013