Diamondback terrapins are the wild jewels of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. With diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, these stunning turtles are a keystone species in the salt marshes and ...
The strikingly spotted ocelot is highly territorial and requires about seven miles of dense, thorny vegetation for hunting. Unfortunately, agriculture, urban development and roads have fragmented and ...
A cherished icon of the West, the prehistoric-looking California condor remains one of the world's most endangered species. North America's largest avian narrowly escaped extinction in the mid-1980s ...
TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded this week that that a mitigation plan by the Rosemont Copper Company — required to comply with a Clean Water Act permit — is inadequate and ...
The Center for Biological Diversity supports Beyond and Impossible burgers and other food innovations urgently needed to accelerate the shift toward plant-forward diets, which will reduce the ...
PORTLAND, Ore.— A study published today in the journal PeerJ shows the Endangered Species Act has saved roughly 99 percent of protected wildlife since its creation in 1973, demonstrating the law has ...
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— The Havasupai tribe and three conservation groups today sued the U.S. Forest Service over its decision to allow Energy Fuels Resources, Inc. to begin operating a uranium ...
HONOLULU— The Hawaii Supreme Court has sided with citizens and conservation groups in their fight to protect the state’s coral reefs from the aquarium industry’s unlimited collection and sale of reef ...
WASHINGTON— Existing pipelines in North Dakota have spilled crude oil and other hazardous liquids at least 85 times since 1996, according to an analysis released today by the Center for Biological ...
SEATTLE— The U.S. Navy’s “Great Green Fleet,” joined by 22 friendly nations, will fire on and sink three inactive U.S. naval warships this summer off the coast of Hawaii during the Rim of the Pacific ...
LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court today to halt a right-of-way needed for the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s long-proposed pipeline (commonly ...
LOS ANGELES— Fort Irwin officials on Thursday suspended their disastrous desert tortoise translocation program, in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and Desert ...