Conservationists sued the Trump administration Wednesday for its interpretation of the Endangered Species Act that they said considerably weakens protection for threatened animals.
The spring pygmy sunfish doesn’t know what a ruckus it’s caused over the past few years in north Alabama, but its continued existence is more likely because of the fuss.
Olympic marmots can spend up to eight months a year hibernating, emerging when the weather warms to forage for food, fatten up, and otherwise go about their business.