Environmentalists have filed an application with the federal government to list the Amargosa toad, found only in the Oasis Valley northwest of Las Vegas, as an endangered species.
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Two independent genetic labs tested the DNA of samples collected from Elko County after wildlife officials thought they had seen a gray wolf pack.
Multiple government bodies are attacking the problem of forever chemicals head on, especially with new regulations handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency.
These species, listed under the Endangered Species Act, are at risk of being lost from the only place they exist in the world — Nevada.
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