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NEW ORLEANS— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for the dwarf seahorse, a one-inch long seahorse that lives in seagrass beds in the ...
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that it will put on hold the scientific peer review of its proposal to remove protections for gray wolves across the country while it ...
After 90 Percent Decline, Federal Protection Sought for Monarch Butterfly. Genetically Engineered Crops Are Major Driver in Population Crash. WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Center ...
For Immediate Release, June 20, 2016 Contact: Michael Robinson, (575) 313-7017, [email protected] 3.2 Million Animals Killed by Federal Wildlife-destruction Program in 2015 Ignoring ...
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and several renowned scientists and herpetologists, including E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy, filed a formal petition today seeking Endangered Species ...
Petition Seeks Emergency Moratorium on Imports of Salamanders for Pet Trade Exotic Salamanders Could Carry Deadly Disease WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Save the Frogs today filed ...
WASHINGTON— The yearly count of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico, released today, shows a decrease from last year’s count and confirms the iconic orange and black butterfly is still very ...
EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLY POPULATION PLUNGES BY MORE THAN HALF Population Overwintering in Mexico Falls Well Below Extinction Threshold For Immediate Release, March 13, 2020 WASHINGTON— The yearly ...
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Trump administration announced today that it will waive dozens of environmental laws to speed construction of 18- to 30-foot-tall border walls across 80 miles of borderlands in ...
For Immediate Release, April 22, 2019 Contact: Noah Greenwald, (503) 484-7495, [email protected] New Study: Endangered Species Act Has Saved 99 Percent of Protected Species From ...
New Mexico's Gila River Named America's Most Endangered River of 2019. Climate Change, Proposed Diversion Threaten State's Last Wild River. WASHINGTON― American Rivers today named the Gila River No. 1 ...
SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity has won a victory in the legal battle to force the Trump administration to protect the West Coast habitat of the last remaining Southern Resident killer ...