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 ...

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 ...

The Clean Air Act has protected the air we breathe for four decades. By curbing air pollution it has saved many thousands of human lives and improved public health, all while saving money and ...

The Center is taking a leadership role in applying law to the greatest environmental crisis of our time — an integrated approach to solving the climate crisis through global warming law. For years, we ...

Fracking is a method of oil and gas production that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up rock ...

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 ...

Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

Did your childhood include swallowtail and monarch butterflies fluttering through your neighborhood? Caterpillars chewing backyard leaves? Warm summer nights with fireflies blinking in the bushes? The ...

DESCRIPTION: The giant garter snake reaches up 64 inches in length. Individual snakes vary in color from brownish to olive, with a checkered pattern of black spots, a yellow stripe down the center of ...

Of the nine chub species native to the Southwest, all are listed or proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act — except for the roundtail and headwater chubs. It ...

Just as nature inspires art, art inspires actions to defend wild places and the wild creatures that live in them. With this in mind, the Center for Biological Diversity's Endangered Species Mural ...

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 ...