PESTICIDES REDUCTION The country has learned a lot since Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring alerted us to the hazards of poisonous chemicals. But pesticide use still poses major threats to ...

NATURAL HISTORY DESERT PUPFISH } Cyprinodon macularius FAMILY: Cyprinodontidae DESCRIPTION: The desert pupfish is a small, silver-colored fish with dark vertical bars on its sides. It has a short, ...

NATURAL HISTORY LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE } Caretta caretta FAMILY: Cheloniidae DESCRIPTION: Loggerhead sea turtles are named for their large heads, which contain powerful jaws and a thick beak. An adult ...

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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 ...

NATURAL HISTORY RIBBON SEAL } Histriophoca fasciata FAMILY: Phocidae DESCRIPTION: Ribbon seals are medium-sized pinnipeds, reaching an average length of 1.50 to 1.75 meters and an average weight of 55 ...

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 ...

ENDING MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL Can you think of a more destructive way to extract resources than blowing up a mountain? How about if the waste from doing it is dumped straight into mountain streams?

Roads and development fragment habitat and constrain wildlife movement. Without incorporating habitat connectivity in our planning by preserving or creating linkages, we endanger the lives of both ...

NO BORDER WALL Walls built along the U.S.-Mexico border over the past several decades are a blight on the landscapes and cultures of the borderlands. Hundreds of miles of wall have been built across ...

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 ...