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 ...

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 ...

ATLANTA— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the beaverpond marstonia, a freshwater snail from Georgia, is extinct. The announcement is in response to a 2010 petition from the Center ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity identifies 359,000 square miles of additional habitat for gray wolves in 19 of the lower 48 states that could ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.V.— Spurred by a landmark agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the diamond ...

Democracy isn't just a human invention. Scientists now view many animal societies as de facto democracies, with majority rule ensuring group survival more than tyranny can. Here are seven species that ...

A tiny water boatman is the loudest animal on Earth relative to its body size, a study has revealed. Scientists from France and Scotland recorded the aquatic animal "singing" at up to 99.2 decibels, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— In response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized designation of 710 river miles of protected critical ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to an emergency request from a coalition of tribal, conservation and fisheries groups, California officials have closed a loophole in the state’s suction dredge mining ...

Photo by Gary Tucker, USFWS. Photos are available for media use. “Alligator snapping turtles are disappearing from many of the areas they historically lived,” said Elise Bennett, a Center attorney ...