Intrepid, adaptable predators, bobcats are solitary hunters who stalk and ambush their prey using patience, speed, and precision. Yet these stealthy felines are no match for the development rapidly ...

DESCRIPTION: Male coastal California gnatcatchers are dusky gray with a black cap that appears during the spring and summer months. Females have a brown tone to their coloring, gray underparts, and a ...

DESCRIPTION: A type of puma, the Florida panther is generally rust-colored on its back, tawny on its sides, and pale gray underneath. Adult males weigh an average of 116 pounds and females 75 pounds.

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 ...

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 ...

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we use path-breaking law, organizing and creative media to demand swift and just action from the federal government that reins in climate pollution from the ...

For every county in the United States, the map below shows information on all the animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered. To see the number of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C.— Nine states still allow unlimited commercial harvesting of some or all native turtle species, contributing to export practices that threaten the survival of wild populations, ...

Why are bats dying in North America? An estimated 6.7 million bats have died since 2006 because of an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, a fast-moving disease that has wiped out entire colonies and left ...

Dusky gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name — and other animals. In the winter they migrate to temporary ponds to breed, and ...

The Taiwanese humpback dolphin is a critically endangered marine mammal — with fewer than 100 individuals remaining — living along the densely populated west coast of Taiwan. It's among the shrinking ...

Trapped, poisoned and shot for “predator control,” gray wolves were nearly eliminated from the U.S. West by 1945. Today, after centuries of unfounded fear and animosity, research has given wolves a ...