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 ...

NATURAL HISTORY GRIZZLY BEAR } Ursus arctos horribilis FAMILY: Ursidae The grizzly bear is so named because its hair is grizzled, or silver tipped, yet the name is commonly believed to be derived from ...

Appetite for Change: A Policy Guide to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of U.S. Diets by 2030 Executive Summary Americans consume more meat than almost any other country, and our beef consumption is ...

Having collected the most recent census data from state and federal bald-eagle managers in each of the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia, the Center for Biological Diversity has determined ...

For Immediate Release, March 30, 2017 Contact: Jaclyn Lopez, (727) 490-9190, jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org Fish and Wildlife Service Moves Florida Manatee Status From 'Endangered' to 'Threatened' ...

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 ...

CLEARCUTTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE Undisturbed forests are crucial for a healthy climate, continuously taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in trees, shrubs and soil. But logging can ...

Coquí frogs are cultural symbols in Puerto Rico, well known for the “ko-kee” call made by the common coquí, Eleutherodactylus coqui. In fact, 16 distinct species can be found on the island — and ...

Our Story The Center for Biological Diversity was founded beneath the ancient ponderosa pines of New Mexico's Gila wilderness, where Kierán Suckling, Peter Galvin, and Todd Schulke met while surveying ...

NATURAL HISTORY ANDEAN FLAMINGO } Phoenicoparrus andinus FAMILY: Phoenicopteridae DESCRIPTION: The Andean flamingo is both the most rare and tallest of all six species of flamingo. It has a ...

Climate change is having profound impacts not only on individual species but also on the ecosystems to which they belong—the interconnected assemblages of species and their physical environment.