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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAVE BLUEFIN TUNA A Remarkable Species Bluefin tuna are an ocean-going fish that grow up to 10 feet long and can weigh as much as 1,200 pounds. Unlike almost all fish, bluefin tuna are warm-blooded ...

The measurement of biodiversity is complex and has a qualitative as well as a quantitative aspect. If a species is genetically unique — if, for instance, it's far out on a remote arm of the ...

TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE The U.S. transportation sector is responsible for about a third of our country’s climate-damaging emissions. In California transportation is the leading source of ...

AMERICA'S FRIGHTENING PHOSPHATE PROBLEM Phosphate Mining's Significant Threats to America's Water and Wildlife Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock ...

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 JAGUAR (in Spanish, el tigre) } Panthera onca FAMILY: Felidae The word jaguar comes from the South American Tupi and Guarani languages. A likely origin is the word yaguareté, meaning ...

NATURAL HISTORY MEXICAN GRAY WOLF (in Spanish, el lobo ) } Canis lupus baileyi FAMILY: Canidae DESCRIPTION: Roughly five feet in length, Mexican gray wolves generally weigh between 50 and 80 pounds.

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 ...

DESCRIPTION: Freshwater mussels are bivalve mollusks that have a two- valved hard shell, a soft body with respiratory, digestive and reproductive organs, and a muscular foot for locomotion, burrowing ...