12 Ways to Live More Sustainably - Biological Diversity
WEB7. Be water wise. Water conservation is critical as our growing population puts increased demand on the nation’s water sources and we face unprecedented droughts. You can conserve water by taking shorter showers, fixing leaky toilets, and choosing low-flow and low-water appliance options.
Center for Biological Diversity
WEBThe 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.
Map: U.S. Threatened and Endangered Species by County
WEBFor 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. How to Use It: To see the number of federally protected species in a given county, zoom in on the map until the county boundaries appear and click on a point within the ...
Hawaiian goose - Biological Diversity
WEBHawaiian goose: The Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis), the Hawaiian state bird, is considered to be the world’s rarest goose [3]. The Hawaiian goose or “Nene” was once found on most of the larger Hawaiian islands including Kauai, Molokai, Maui, and the Big Island and my have numbered in the 20,000s prior to European settlement [1,3].
Newsroom: Center for Biological Diversity
WEBMedia Contacts: Media director: Patrick Sullivan, [email protected], (510) 844-7116 Climate: Nyshie Perkinson, Media Specialist – [email protected], (718) 928-5148 Endangered species, carnivore conservation: Aaron Kunkler, Media Specialist – [email protected], (206) 949-5353 Energy justice: Mary K. Reinhart, Deputy Media Director ...
Vaquita - Biological Diversity
WEBVaquitas top out at about 4.5 feet long and have black borders around their expressive eyes and rounded mouth. They're known to be shy and elusive — but all too easy to scoop up in fishing nets. The vaquita's numbers have plummeted from 200 in 2012. Their primary threat is entanglement in fishing gear, including in nets set for the totoaba, a ...
The Elements of Biodiversity - Biological Diversity
WEBThe 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 …
American burying beetle - Biological Diversity
WEBThe American burying beetle is one of nature's most efficient recyclers, feeding and sheltering its own brood while simultaneously returning nutrients to the earth to nourish vegetation and keeping ant and fly populations in check. Unfortunately, the beetle's own populations — which once flourished in 35 U.S. states, plus parts of Canada ...
10 Facts About Single-use Plastic Bags - Biological Diversity
WEB10 Facts About Single-Use Plastic Bags. The world uses 5 trillion plastic bags a year. 3. Americans use an average of 365 plastic bags per person per year. People in Denmark use an average of four plastic bags per year. 4. It only takes about 14 plastic bags for the equivalent of the gas required to drive one mile. 5.
Fish - Biological Diversity
WEBRay-finned fishes now comprise about 30,000 species throughout freshwater and ocean habitats all over the world. Globally, 2,211 species of fish — including lampreys and hag fish, sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras, bony fishes and coelacanths — or 17 percent of described fish species are deemed at risk of extinction by IUCN's Red List, 233 ...