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 ...

A perennial herb, the Florida brickell-bush is found exclusively in South Florida's pine rockland territory, specifically on the Miami Rock Ridge on the edges of Everglades National Park. At maturity ...

As the coming century of global warming threatens to accelerate the extinction crisis, we believe the highest and best use of public lands is to provide safe harbor for species by protecting the ...

Stretching from the High Sierra to the Mojave Desert, California's rivers are of critical biological importance, forging major wildlife corridors and linking several ecological regions. These ...

Map courtesy Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. Originally found here.

Livestock grazing on the Sonoran Desert National Monument has caused untold damage to the landscape. Here, years of trailing in fragile desert soils have created a path that is nothing more than soft ...

Center for Biological Diversity: Wild at Heart - A Center for Biological Diversity Report on Roadless Area Conservation (click here for print version) Heritage Forests Campaign: The Public vs.

In the arid Southwest, free-flowing rivers are especially essential to the preservation of native fish and other endangered species that depend on water to survive. Three-quarters of Arizona's 36 ...

The public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park contain high concentrations of uranium ore. Mining bores deep into vertical rock formations called “breccia pipes,” making uranium soluble to ...