Rats and mice have been living with humans for centuries — and humans have been working for just as long to keep them at bay. These animals sometimes contribute to public health risks and problems in ...

Whether an area is prone to hurricanes, flooding, or wildfires, emergency preparedness checklists are created to help people prepare for disasters and their aftermath. This scorecard analyzes ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it is downlisting the Florida manatee from “endangered” to “threatened” — despite hundreds of manatees still dying each year ...

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 ...

ATLANTA— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the beaverpond marstonia, a freshwater snail from Georgia, is extinct. The announcement is in response to a 2010 petition from the Center ...

On July 12, 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity struck a historic legal settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requiring the agency to make initial or final decisions on whether to ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America today filed the most comprehensive legal action ever brought under the Endangered Species Act to protect ...

Lawmakers From Eight Western States Trying to Open Door to More Oil, Gas Drilling, Logging, Mining WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity released a report today identifying the top 15 ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity identifies 359,000 square miles of additional habitat for gray wolves in 19 of the lower 48 states that could ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service gave Endangered Species Act protection today to the chambered nautilus, which is threatened with extinction due to overharvesting for the ...

ATLANTA, Ga.— The Center for Biological Diversity and six southeastern conservation groups filed a formal petition today asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Endangered Species Act protection ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Interior Department announced today that the African penguin, the only nesting penguin on the African continent, will be listed as an endangered species under the U.S. Endangered ...