Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity is a nonprofit organization that works to protect wildlife and wild places through legal advocacy, science, and public education. Learn about their campaigns, actions, news, and how to support their work.
Map: U.S. Threatened and Endangered Species by County
Explore the map to see the number and list of animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in each county. Zoom in, click on a county, and click the arrow to see the species information.
Natural history - Biological Diversity
Jaguars live in a variety of habitats across North, Central, and South America, but have lost most of their original northern range. Learn about their description, feeding, breeding, and the challenges they face from habitat loss, hunting, and predator control.
At What Cost? Unravelling the Harms of the Fast Fashion Industry
Fast fashion is a rapidly growing industry that produces cheap, trendy clothing at a high cost to the environment and workers. Learn how fast fashion contributes to climate change, pollution, wildlife loss, and exploitation of resources and labor.
MEET THE STAFF - Biological Diversity
Meet the staff of the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving biodiversity and endangered species. Find their names, titles, contact information and program areas of expertise.
Natural history - Biological Diversity
Learn about the sea otter's description, habitat, range, migration, breeding, life cycle, feeding, threats, and population trend. Sea otters are a marine mammal species that belongs to the family Mustelidae and has a thick fur coat.
Fisher - Biological Diversity
Learn how the Center for Biological Diversity is working to protect the endangered Pacific fisher, a plush-furred weasel that eats porcupines and lives in mature forests. Find out the status of the fisher's federal and state protection, the threats it faces, and the actions you can take to help.
with the number of new garments made per year nearly. doubling over the past 20 years and global consumption. of fashion increasing by 400%. Waste occurs at every stage of the garment
Ozark big-eared bat - Biological Diversity
Learn about the endangered bat species that lives in caves and cliffs in Ozark forests. Find out its population status, distribution, threats, and conservation efforts in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Natural history - Biological Diversity
Learn about the life cycle, habitat, feeding, breeding, and threats of the Pacific walrus, a tooth-walking sea-horse with long tusks and cinnamon-brown skin. Find out how global warming and oil and gas exploration affect this arctic mammal.