A legal challenge to a coal hauling permit in the Monongahela National Forest came to a successful close today after the U.S.

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 ...

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 protected public ...

BIG LAKE RANCH, British Columbia — Canada is a major player in the international reptile trade and may participate in the illegal wildlife trade of imperiled species, according to a new study ...

Global warming is projected to commit over one-third of the Earth’s animal and plant species to extinction by 2050 if current greenhouse gas emissions trajectories continue — a catastrophic loss that ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Atrazine is one of the most used herbicides in the United States: Approximately 70 million pounds are used nationwide each year. It's a common contaminant of water bodies, including drinking water, ...

The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Pacific pocket mouse a candidate species under ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued a proposed rule today that would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide. These protections for the places where endangered ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Staff from the Center for Biological Diversity documented Monday that construction has begun on a new segment of border wall through the San Rafael Valley in Arizona’s Sky Island region ...

Biomass energy is made by burning living things like trees, crop residues, and other “woody biomass” to produce electricity. Like fossil fuels, biomass energy releases loads of planet-heating carbon ...

As the coming century of global warming threatens to accelerate the extinction crisis, we believe the highest and best use of public lands is to provide safe harbor for species by protecting the ...