The Case for Banning Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most used herbicides in the United States: Approximately 70 million pounds are used nationwide each year. It's a common contaminant of water bodies ...

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 ...

HALTING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the ...

How to Bring Anti-racism Into the Population Conversation Research shows that our rapidly growing human population increases pressure on society and the environment, making it harder to address ...

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 ...

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 ...

We found that in 71% of cases studied, pesticides kill or harm soil invertebrates including earthworms, ants, beetles and ground-nesting bees.

ARCTIC OIL DEVELOPMENT Alaska’s northern frontier and Arctic Ocean waters are teeming with species found in few other places, and many of them are now under threat from the oil industry and its ...

NATURAL HISTORY OCELOT} Leopardus pardalis FAMILY: Felidae DESCRIPTION: The ocelot is a medium-sized, spotted cat. It grows to about three feet long, not including its tail, and weighs around 30 ...

CORAL CONSERVATION The world's corals and coral reef ecosystems are in crisis. In just a few decades, scientists warn, these “rainforests of the sea” and all their rich biodiversity could disappear ...

Monarch Butterfly Population Rebounds to 68 Percent of 22-year Average Favorable Weather Boosts Numbers, But Herbicides Still Threaten Iconic Butterfly's Future WASHINGTON— At 150 million butterflies, ...