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.

THE ELEMENTS OF BIODIVERSITY WHAT AND WHERE IT IS Biodiversity, n. The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and …

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 …

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. …

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.

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 sustains …

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. Under relentless …

HALTING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for …

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 …

The Center’s Population and Sustainability program addresses the impacts on wildlife and the environment that are caused by human population pressure and destructive consumption and …