Despite their name fishers don't eat fish or live by the ocean. These shy, plush-furred members of the weasel family inhabit mature forests and munch on everything from birds to small mammals to fruit ...

Few animals evoke the wild like wolves. Majestic, intelligent and highly social, they’re crucial in driving evolution and balancing ecosystems. Some 2 million wolves once roamed freely throughout ...

The country has learned a lot since Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring alerted us to the hazards of poisonous chemicals. But pesticide use still poses major threats to imperiled wildlife and ...

Critical habitat is key to the survival of endangered species. In fact, a study by the Center found, plants and animals with federally protected critical habitat are more than twice as likely to be ...

Once among North America’s most widely distributed land mammals, gray wolves have also been among the most persecuted. State, local and private bounties and a federal extermination program nearly ...

ETYMOLOGY: The word caribou comes from French explorers of eastern North America who derived it from the Micmac Indian term xalibu , meaning the “one who paws.” This is a reference to the caribou's ...

Supermarkets are gatekeepers to the U.S. food system, influencing what makes it from farms to shelves, what happens to unsold food, and what types of food shoppers buy. Yet seven of the 10 largest ...

On July 12, 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity struck a historic legal settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requiring the agency to make initial or final decisions on whether to ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— With the world’s human population poised to hit 7 billion on Oct. 31, the Center for Biological Diversity today released a list of the top 10 plants and animals in the United States ...

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 ...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— A series of studies released today by the United States Geological Survey show elevated uranium levels in wells, springs, and soil in and around uranium exploration and ...

Democracy isn't just a human invention. Scientists now view many animal societies as de facto democracies, with majority rule ensuring group survival more than tyranny can. Here are seven species that ...