Three vital provisions give the Act its teeth. It’s “citizen-suit” provision lets public-interest groups and individuals petition and sue sluggish federal agencies to make sure the Act protects ...

Every day we make choices in our lives that affect the environment, the climate and other species. From what we eat to how many children we decide to have, there’s a lot we can do to “choose wild” and ...

The smallest gray wolf subspecies in North America, Mexican gray wolves are also one of the rarest and most imperiled mammals on the continent. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (and its predecessor ...

DESCRIPTION: Loggerhead sea turtles are named for their large heads, which contain powerful jaws and a thick beak. An adult loggerhead's top shell is slightly heart-shaped with a reddish-brown color; ...

The Center for Biological Diversity fights not only to protect wildlife and wildlands but also to address the underlying causes of the extinction crisis, including the excessive production and ...

SACRAMENTO— Following today’s approval of Senate Bill 4 by the California State Assembly, the Center for Biological Diversity vowed to continue working to halt fracking and other dangerous ...

PFAS — aka perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are a large, diverse group of manmade chemicals that have multiple, strong carbon-fluorine bonds, making them “highly fluorinated” compounds.

Dakota skipper photo by Robert Dana, USFWS. Photos are available for media use. “These remarkable little butterflies have a long flight to recovery, but Endangered Species Act protection will help ...

Hellbenders may not be pretty to everyone, but these strictly aquatic salamanders are as interesting as their awesome name implies — and they grow up to 2 feet long and sometimes top 4 pounds, making ...

The largest of the true foxes, red foxes are also the most widespread, found across the entire northern hemisphere. But secretive Sierra Nevada red foxes — genetically and geographically distinct from ...