The rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels, named for the shape of their shells, were protected as ...

WASHINGTON— In response to a decade of advocacy by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to ...

WASHINGTON— A federal court approved an agreement today between the Center for Biological Diversity, scientist Stuart Pimm, ...

DESCRIPTION: Female bald eagles can weigh up to 14 pounds and have wingspans of eight feet. Males weigh up to 10 pounds, with wingspans of six feet. Both sexes have brown bodies and acquire their ...

A coalition of pharmaceutical companies and conservation groups launched the Sustainability Scorecard for Endotoxin Testing ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, a case challenging the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act, the nation's landmark ...

For every county in the United States, the map below shows information on all the animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered. To see the number of ...

The grizzly bear is so named because its hair is grizzled, or silver tipped, yet the name is commonly believed to be derived from “grisly,” meaning “horrible.” DESCRIPTION: A subspecies of brown bear, ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that three Brazilian butterflies will be listed as endangered ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying Endangered Species ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because ...