Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
About the Center - Biological Diversity
At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a ...
The Elements of Biodiversity - Biological Diversity
The measurement of biodiversity is complex and has a qualitative as well as a quantitative aspect. If a species is genetically unique — if, for instance, it's far out on a remote arm of the evolutionary tree, like the distinctive, peculiar platypus — its biodiversity value is greater than that of a species clustered with many similar species because it preserves a unique part of the ...
Species - Biological Diversity
Action for endangered species underpins all the Center's programs. Our work has secured protections for more than 720 species and more than half a billion acres of wildlife habitat.
Endangered Species - Biological Diversity
The planet's wondrous web of life — which took 4 billion years to evolve — is vanishing in the blink of an eye. Under relentless pressure from habitat destruction, invasive species and climate change, species are going extinct at up to 1,000 times the natural rate. The diversity of life that ...
ABOUT OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES WORK - Biological Diversity
HOW WE DO IT • Compiling and analyzing data about species status and recovery. • Submitting legal petitions, filing lawsuits when necessary, using the leverage of our supporters' voices, and taking multiple other actions to ensure that imperiled species are federally protected.
Map: U.S. Threatened and Endangered Species by County
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 federally protected species in a given county, zoom in on the map until the county boundaries appear ...
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY. The Earth’s biodiversity — the variation of life at all levels — is the result of 4 billion years of evolution. And now it’s vanishing in the blink of an eye.
The Endangered Species Act at 50 - Biological Diversity
The Endangered Species Act at 50. No law has done more to save wildlife from extinction than the Endangered Species Act. It’s the reason bald eagles soar from coast to coast, grizzlies and wolves roam the Rockies, blue whales migrate along the West Coast, and American alligators stomp through the Southeast.. The year 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of this extraordinary law, which has saved ...