When a Chiricahua leopard frog wants attention, it snores — at least, its distinctive call sounds like a snore. But the sound of snoring around desert streams, springs and even stock tanks is a lot ...

The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems. Biological diversity, often shortened to biodiversity, is ...

Environmental disasters, like extreme weather events, can limit access to abortions and contraception, making reproductive autonomy more difficult. During disasters like hurricanes, an increase of ...

In 2010 BP's Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig exploded, killing 11 people. The resulting spill poured up to 205 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and harmed thousands of animals, from ...

Critical habitat is key to the survival of endangered species. In fact, a study by the Center found, plants and animals with federally protected critical habitat are more than twice as likely to be ...

Americans consume more meat than almost any other country, and our beef consumption is four times the global average. 1 Those meat-heavy diets are threatening the planet. Food production is a major ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to undo a landmark 2001 policy called the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This administrative rulemaking would open nearly 45 million ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo is sometimes called the "rain crow" because its song is often heard just before thunderstorms or summer showers. But this rare bird raises its voice less and less often in ...

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 ...

Read a statement from 30 scientists, doctors and public-health experts from Harvard, Cornell, Rutgers and other universities about the "overwhelming evidence for the toxic effects of lead in humans ...

It would be the single largest evisceration of public lands protections in American history. President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to undo a landmark 2001 policy called the ...