The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the swale paintbrush as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This ...

Conservation groups reached a legal agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service today that requires the agency to determine by August 1, 2025, whether the tope shark warrants protection under ...

LOS ANGELES— The Center for Biological Diversity has awarded the 2024 “Rose Braz Award for Bold Activism” to Cesar Aguirre. Living in Bakersfield, the heart of California oil country, Aguirre works ...

The Town Council of Carrboro, N.C., will hold a news conference Wednesday at the Carrboro Town Hall to announce a major legal action addressing the climate emergency.

The town of Carrboro sued Duke Energy Corp. today for the company’s decades-long role in a nationwide climate deception scheme that has worsened the climate crisis, harmed the community and cost the ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the city of Pittsburg, California, Monday for approving a development, including a ...

Conservation groups sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management today for approving a massive logging operation in the Garnet Mountains that would threaten important connectivity habitat for grizzly bears ...

The resilient mountain lion goes by many names: puma, cougar, panther, catamount and even “ghost cat.” Over the past century in California, it has survived habitat loss and government-sponsored ...

1. What is this proposal to reintroduce jaguars to the United States? In December 2022 the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce endangered ...

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 ...