After decades of drying, one of the world's largest lakes is on the rise, a welcomed development for the region that relies upon it. Iran's Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the ...

Iran's Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has shrunk to historic lows — and new satellite images suggest it may be on the brink of collapse. In August 2025, officials confirmed that ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for the Crater Lake newt. The newts live only ...

On Thursday, the environmental nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity submitted a legal petition for protection of the Crater Lake newt under the Endangered Species Act to the U.S. Fish and ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a legal petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that the Crater Lake newt (also known as the Mazama ...

The native Crater Lake newt, also known as the Mazama newt, may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act after a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity caught the attention of the ...

The federal government announced this week that it is considering listing an Oregon newt that lives only at Crater Lake National Park as threatened or endangered because an invasive predator has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service might be facing a new lawsuit over newts in Crater Lake. The Center for Biological Diversity says Fish and Wildlife failed to protect newts ...

New satellite images show that Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has reached record lows and may vanish entirely by the end of summer. The lake, which spans northwestern Iran, has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Mazama newt used to be head honcho at Crater Lake. Found only in the lake's cold waters, this brightly-colored semiaquatic species used to be one of the top predators in its ...