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 coming decades. But there’s still ...

As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

Unaccustomed to cosmopolitan life, the Coachella Valley milk vetch finds itself and its sandy home amid one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. Living at the edge of ...

The Center is launching a new Wildlife-Friendly Guide to Sustainable School Food to add to the arsenal of resources on positive actions for parents, students, school staff, and local communities ...

Covering more than 25 million acres — about a fourth of California — the geologically diverse California Desert Conservation Area includes sand dunes, canyons, dry lakes, 90 mountain ranges, and 65 ...

In America the Northeast is where the sun first rises. This region — stretching from Pennsylvania to Maine — was also among the earliest in our country to be settled by European colonists. It was once ...

Plastic fills our dumps, homes and oceans. Plastic pollution takes a huge toll on wildlife: More than 700 species, including sea turtles, fish and whales, eat plastic or get tangled up in it. Plastic ...

The noble passenger pigeon's common name comes from the French term pigeon de passage, referring to the massive migrations of these birds across the sky. A flock of passenger pigeons reported in ...

The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems. Biological diversity, often shortened to biodiversity, is ...

For every county in the United States, the map below shows information on all the animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered. To see the number of ...

Why are bats dying in North America? An estimated 6.7 million bats have died since 2006 because of an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, a fast-moving disease that has wiped out entire colonies and left ...

Amphibians and reptiles are amazing creatures with clever adaptations that have allowed them to brave the millennia. Consider the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard's scaly hind toes, which resemble ...