PFAS, aka forever chemicals, are a large group of manmade chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Some of the most persistent manmade compounds on the planet, they’re commonly ...
TUCSON, Ariz.— With the world’s human population poised to hit 7 billion on Oct. 31, the Center for Biological Diversity today released a list of the top 10 plants and animals in the United States ...
Reaching up to 800 pounds and 8 feet tall when standing, grizzly bears boast tremendous size and physical strength and have almost no natural enemies. Or just one — humans. But we’ve proved formidable ...
Ruling on a suit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, a federal judge found Tuesday that Idaho’s wolf-trapping rules break the law because wolf traps can also hurt — and even kill ...
On July 12, 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity struck a historic legal settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requiring the agency to make initial or final decisions on whether to ...
LOS ANGELES— Conservation organizations sued the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today for approving the 1,300-acre Northlake housing development, which would pave over a pristine stream, ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service gave Endangered Species Act protection today to the chambered nautilus, which is threatened with extinction due to overharvesting for the ...
TUCSON, Ariz.— One of only two jaguars known to be living in the United States was shown dead in a photo released Thursday. The photo shows a pelt with markings that match Yo’oko, a young male jaguar ...
LOS ANGELES― The Trump administration agreed to a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity today that requires two federal agencies to prepare long-overdue management plans to protect eight ...
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.— Federal officials and conservation groups reached an agreement today that will finally end Nestlé Corp.’s ability to rely on a permit that expired 30 years ago to siphon water ...
RALEIGH, N.C.— In response to a legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today gave Endangered Species Act protection to a freshwater mussel that lives ...