WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying Endangered Species ...

The rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels, named for the shape of their shells, were protected as ...

The Town Council of Carrboro, N.C., will hold a news conference Wednesday at the Carrboro Town Hall to announce a major legal action addressing the climate emergency.

WASHINGTON— In response to a decade of advocacy by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to ...

The Center’s new scientific analysis reveals the alarming decline of the chocolate chip sea cucumber in the Yucatán Peninsula. In addition to historic legal fishing for the species, illegal, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Ecosystems Protection Act (AB 1788) into law today, placing greater restrictions — with limited exceptions — on the use of second-generation ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, a case challenging the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act, the nation's landmark ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island, LLC, for failing to mitigate toxic pollution risks from a coal ash ...

It’s an invisible threat, but noise pollution is a major — and often deadly — menace to ocean wildlife. Just as there’s hardly a mountaintop free from the roar of airplanes overhead, there’s virtually ...

WASHINGTON— A federal court approved an agreement today between the Center for Biological Diversity, scientist Stuart Pimm, ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that three Brazilian butterflies will be listed as endangered ...