Known for their 6-foot-long necks, distinctive patterning and long eyelashes, giraffes have always captured the human imagination. These amazing African animals have the highest blood pressure among ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Tucson, ARIZ. (April 7, 2025)—The Trump administration’s plan to sell federal public land for sprawl development could bulldoze endangered species habitat, canyons and forests across the West — from ...

The Center for Biological Diversity believes that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature, and the health of people and ecosystems alike is threatened by the same systems of abuse and ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— An EPA analysis relying heavily on unpublished, industry funded studies has determined that glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup, is “not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.” The EPA ...

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 ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and two dozen other conservation and health groups today filed emergency petitions with eight Midwestern and southern states, seeking to end ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON— On the last full day of the Obama administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an order phasing out the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on national wildlife refuges ...

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 ...