The Latest Breaking News from the Center for Biological Diversity

The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a lawsuit arguing that federal officials are unduly delaying a decision

A coalition of environmental groups is suing Utah's government for, in its view, failing to stop the Great Salt Lake from shrinking at an alarming pace

Federal land managers have pulled the plug on a Canadian mining company’s lithium exploration project near a national wildlife refuge in southern Nevada

U.S. wildlife managers are proposing federal protections for a rare lizard found only in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas

Conservation groups had urged the governor to veto the bill, saying phosphogypsum would hurt water quality and put road construction crews at a higher risk of cancer.

The policy affects animals like the Wyoming toad, American burying beetle and Attwater's greater prairie chicken

A federal judge has yanked the U.S. government's approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho

SpaceX is joining the FAA to fight a lawsuit brought by environmental groups, which claim the agency didn't properly assess the damage the company's Starship rocket could cause.

The compounds used in nonstick pans and rain jackets aren't used as pesticides. How did they contaminate them?