DESCRIPTION: The San Joaquin kit fox is the smallest member of the dog family in North America, with an average body length of 20 inches, an average tail length of 12 inches, and a height of about ...

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Protecting endangered animals and plants is the Center’s core mission. From miniscule, nearly invisible fairy shrimp to gray whales and towering redwoods, all species have an intrinsic right to thrive ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva, who serves as ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, today sued the Trump administration over ...

OAKLAND, Calif.— Most marine mammals and sea turtles in the United States that are protected by the Endangered Species Act are recovering, according to a peer-reviewed study published today by the ...

SAN FRANCISCO— As the California Coastal Commission meets in Smith River this week, scientists with the Center for Biological Diversity today released a new report outlining the serious dangers posed ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today announced its ruling that the Bush government violated the law by ignoring global warming when it set national gas-mileage standards for SUVs ...

LOS ANGELES— Conservation and tribal groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for authorizing a Tejon Ranch Company plan to build luxury housing, golf courses and resort hotels on ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced new rules making it illegal to import four species of large constrictor snakes or to sell them across state lines. By adding these exotic ...