PESTICIDES REDUCTION The country has learned a lot since Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring alerted us to the hazards of poisonous chemicals. But pesticide use still poses major threats to ...

Roads and development fragment habitat and constrain wildlife movement. Without incorporating habitat connectivity in our planning by preserving or creating linkages, we endanger the lives of both ...

OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION A Global Tragedy for Our Oceans and Sea Life Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in ...

HALTING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS 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 ...

White-nose Syndrome: Questions and Answers Why are bats dying in North America? An estimated 6.7 million bats have died since 2006 because of an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, a fast-moving disease ...

Amphibians and reptiles are amazing creatures with clever adaptations that have allowed them to brave the millennia. But today herpetofauna are among Earth's most imperiled species. Learn more about ...

Click on a point in the map below — then click on 'Show Related Records' — to get information on all the animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered found ...

A Deadly Toll The Devastating Wildlife Effects of Deepwater Horizon — and the Next Catastrophic Oil Spill The BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010 spilled 205.8 million gallons of oil and 225,000 ...

Climate change is the single greatest threat we've ever faced — not only to human society but to the Earth's web of life. The Center's Climate Law Institute was founded to unite our programs in ...

America's Dangerous Pipelines 2014 Analysis by Richard Stover, Ph.D., and the Center for Biological Diversity An analysis of oil and gas pipeline safety in the United States reveals a troubling ...

NATURAL HISTORY GIRAFFE } Giraffa camelopardalis Family: Giraffidae Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white ...

NO BORDER WALL Walls built along the U.S.-Mexico border over the past several decades are a blight on the landscapes and cultures of the borderlands. Hundreds of miles of wall have been built across ...