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June 11, 2026The Department of Homeland Security has waived environmental laws to fast-track border barrier construction through Texas's Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. This development threatens to damage roadless canyon country, block river access, fragment wildlife habitats for species like black bears and bighorns, and introduce artificial light pollution to Big Bend’s iconic night skies. The Center for Biological Diversity is already in court to halt construction and access public records. An advocate condemned the administration's "disdain" for public lands, vowing to protect this "crown-jewel national park." Support our fight to defend Big Bend and the Rio Grande: donate today, share this post, and follow us for updates. |
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The Center for Saving Life on Earth
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Saving Florida Panthers
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Protect Redwoods from Highway Expansion
Center for Biological Diversity Weekly News Roundup 10/10/2026
Alligator Alcatraz Updates Live with The Center's Florida and Caribbean Director, Elise Bennett.
Brown Bears in the Tongass National Forest
Stop the Trump Administration's Border Wall through Big Bend National Park
Trump's Border Wall in Big Bend National Park Must Be Stopped
The Center is under attack AGAIN.
Protect the Arctic from Gas and Oil Drillin
Remove Political Figures from National Park Passes
Bug Splats Reveal Insect Declines
The Buzz on Western Bumblebees
Get Up to Speed on the Extinction Crisis
Dangerous Waters for North Atlantic Right Whales
Vanishing Birds of North America
Help us defend Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Help us defend Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
That's Wild: Tiny Cat Seen in Thailand After 30 Years
Fighting for Gray Wolves
Thank You for Standing With Us in 2025
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Shirleen's Epic Ocean Journey
Border Wall Blasts
Help us fight this unlawful investigation against the Center
Alaska in Focus: Standing up for North America's Wildest Ecosystems
We Just Sued to Protect Alaska's Bears
On the Brink: American Burying Beetle Recovery Efforts
Saving the Everglades: The Fight to Come
Protect Endangered Baby Sea Turtles
Up close and personal with an ocelot
Stop the Everglades Ice Detention Center
Fighting to Ban Atrazine
Kierán Suckling: The Endangered Species Act
Protecting Montana Wolves
Saving the Gulf from Oil Spills
Resisting the Loss of the "Roadless Rule"
Save our Public Lands
Protect Alaska Bears from Aerial Gunning
Protect the Tongass
The Return of West Coast Wolves
Fighting Deadly Air Pollution
Protecting Florida's Black Bears
Watch California Mountain Lions Kittens Play
That's Wild: The Hannibal Lecter of Larvae
Watch These Adorable Kit Fox Kits
That's Wild: Colossal Kid Squid
Hands Off! 2025: Millions Protest Trump, Musk
Best Practices in Plant-Based City Food Policy
Saving our National Forests
Protecting the Wild from DOGE
Protecting the Wild from the Trump Administration
No One Wants This
Data Visualization: Florida Panther Car Mortality
Protecting the Arctic
Protecting the Wild from the Trump Administration
Protecting the Permian Basin
Protecting the Grand Canyon
Protecting the Wolf
Joining an Organization You Can Trust to Protect the Wild
Saving the Monarch Butterfly
Protecting Redwoods from Highway Expansion
Saving Red Wolves
Saving Bearing Sea Orcas
Wildlife Crossings for Red Wolves
Saving Endangered Red Wolves
Saving Wildlife from Extinction
Thank you for standing with us in 2024.
Eastern Indigo Snake Slithering Through the Pines
San Pedro River wildlife
That's Wild: Marmoset Names
Bottom Trawling Devastating Arctic Seas
Ocelot Spotted in New Arizona Location
If You Love Elephants
Defending New Mexico From Oil and Gas
Only 25 Redwolves Left in the Wild! #conservationmatters
We Protect the Endangered Species that Need Help. #savingspecies
Year of last grizzly sighting in California by county
Help Vanishing Wetlands and Their Wildlife
Meet The Center for Biological Diversity
Jean Su MSNBC Interview on FEMA Extreme Heat Petition
How Ancient Horseshoe Crabs First Enter the World
Argentinian Scientist Tours U.S. Jaguar Habitat
Save the Okefenokee
Tohono O'odham Students Name Arizona's New Jaguar
That's Wild: Meet the Kowari
That's Wild: Bedazzled Skunk Scat?
Saving Wilson's Phalaropes
Border Wall Saguaro Deaths
That's Wild: Wormlike Amphibians Who Lactate?
Webinar: Our Fight to Stop California Sprawl
Oak Flat from above
Power transmission lines damaging sacred sites and San Pedro River
Power transmission lines damaging sacred sites and San Pedro River
Fighting for Horseshoe Crab Mass Beach Orgies
That's Wild: Why Flying Froglets Impersonate Poop
Thanks for standing with the Center in 2023
Celebrating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act
Rep. Norman Cheering On Bat Extinction
Colorado Welcomes Five New Wolves
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
That's Wild: Rediscovered Species of Mole Delights World
NMLAWS: Defending Land, Air, Water, and the Sacred
That's Wild: Cockatoo Rockers
That's Wild: Humpback Whales Enjoy a Body Scrub
Help Save Wildlife From Mexico's Illegal Pet Trade (Excerpt from Unreported World)
Join the Movement to #EndFossilFuels
Horseshoe Crabs Spared for Another Year of Orgies (2023)
That's Wild: Cute Animals Creepy Secrets
Showdown for Wildlife Along the Texas Border (PBS news clip)
Endangered Bees Need Help
Sea otter munching
Reflecting on the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon N.M.
We Said It Loud and Clear in NYC: End Fossil Fuels
That's Wild: The Birth of a Sperm Whale
GAO: Trump's Border Wall Hurts Wildlife, Ecosystems
Get Ready to March on the U.N. Climate Summit (9/17/23, NYC)
Why I'm Marching to End Fossil Fuels
That's Wild: Self-Amputation Saves Fly Lives
Feather Stars Freestyle Into the Hearts of Nautilus Live Scientists
A Border River Turned Deadly
That's Wild: These Sharpshooters Make Pee, Not War
Suit Filed to Protect 20 Coral Species
That's Wild: Rare Footage of Baby Peacock Turtles
That's Wild: Rare Eel Gulps Itself Into Glory
Saving Endangered Species from SpaceX
Webinar: Holding New Mexico Accountable for Its Constitutional Duty to Protect the Environment
Vaquitas Are Still Out There
Frogs who pollinate? That's wild!
Tiny, Rare Sand Cats in Sahara Desert Caught on Camera
Baby Leafcutter Bee Emerges from Their Cozy Bee-rito
The Endangered Species Act: 50 Years of Extraordinary Success
That's Wild: Another Sex Trick … of Mussels
The Southwest Is Jaguar Country
Mexican Gray Wolves Back in the Wild
The Book of Extinction: Learn More About This New Partnership
"King of Sting," Dr. Justin Schmidt, hands child a scorpion
Good Riddance to Ducey's Junk Wall
Wasps Fight Back With Spiky Genitalia
That's Wild: Bats' Ventricular Folds of Mayhem
That's Wild: Octopus Females Chuck Shells at Males
Dixie Valley Toads Win Final Protection
Saving Howlers, Jaguars and More From Pet Trade
Baby black bear playing in snow
Bear Cub in the Snow
CNN Interview With Jean Su
The Importance of Horseshoe Crabs
American Burying Beetle Mural
Red Wolf Pups
'Better than Idaho' Isn't Good Enough. Washington's Wolves Deserve a Real Future
Target Shooting in the Sonoran Desert National Monument
Saving Diamondback Terrapins
Belugas and Polar Bears — Swimming Buddies?
Protect the Pisgah Rally
The Mountain Lion in Brett's Backyard
Wildlife Connectivity: Keeping Species Safe as They Roam the Wild (Session 1)
Wildlife Connectivity Keeping Species Safe as They Roam the Wild (Session 2)
Regenerative Grazing: Addressing the Colonial Roots of Cattle Ranching
A Wild Gila River
Join Us: Learn About Birds This Earth Week
Remembering the BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico
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Bobcat Gobbles Burmese Python Eggs
Habitat-Fed Beef: Separating Facts From Fiction on Grass-Fed and ‘Regenerative' Beef
"Oh, The Gila River": Protect the Gila River for Us!
The Run to Save Oak Flat
Save Marine Mammals and Celebrate This Lifesaving Law
Chimps Apply Insects to Wounds
Tell Congress to Support Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food
Rare Red Wolf Caught On Camera
SLOE: River's End Film Screening and Discussion
Meanwhile in Florida
Remembering Lost Species
Victories in Alaska
RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR WOLVES
Wildlife and City Lights
Wildlife of Los Angeles
California Pipeline Incidents 1986 to 2021
People vs. Fossil Fuels: Washington, D.C., Oct. 11-15
Borderlands Mama and Baby Bear
Leaping Lynx
Mama Coati and Coati Kittens
Curious California Puma
Senator Kelly: You Can Protect Oak Flat
Exxon's Dangerous Oil Trucking Route
President Biden: Clean Cars Now
This Beetle Walks on Water... Upside-Down
Biden, Keep Your Promise (120 seconds)
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Saving Life on Earth: Help Save Gray Wolves
Biden, Keep Your Promise
Biden Keep Your Promise
#HotBearSummer
Let's Keep Emperor Penguins On Ice
Film Screening and Discussion: "8 Billion Angels"
Baby Elephants Don't Like Naps Either
Fighting Extinction in Nevada
Beaver Self-Care
Film Discussion: “The Condor & The Eagle”
Rare Mexican Spotted Owl Hunts Bats
A Simple Way to Save Diamondback Terrapins
#Fuzzbutts
Unauthorized Grazing at Agua Fria National Monument
Film Screening and Discussion of Our Gorongosa
Take Action to Save Gray Wolves
Resistance and Extinction: A Conversation about Thoreau, Loss and Hope
Creating a More Just Food System
Help Save Western Monarchs From Extinction
Rio Tinto Plunders
Cleaner Cars Now
There's a New Jaguar in Town
This Sea Slug Self-Decapitates for Survival
The Courtship Dance of the California Condor
Rally 'Round the River: Rise up for Snake River Salmon, Orcas and Communities
To Kid or Not to Kid: Join Us for a Film and Discussion
Wolves Need the Endangered Species Act
Snow Day for Wolves
Wild Arizona Jaguar and Ocelot on Remote Camera
A River's Plight: Join Us for a Film and Discussion
Jaguars vs. the Border Wall
Tell U.S. Forest Service: Leave These Ancient Trees Alone
Sandhill Cranes in New Mexico
#NotAnotherFoot of the Border Wall
Climate Reality Check
No Radioactive Roads in the U.S.A.
Manatee mortalities
Saving Life on Earth: Film Screening and Discussion - The Bees of Grand Staircase Escalante
Emergency: The Future of Wolf Protection
Mother Bear and Rambunctious Cub Wrestle and Bathe
Saving Life on Earth: Defending Scary Creatues from Frightening Attacks
Saving Life on Earth: A Discussion of Africa's Imperiled Wildlife
Saving Life on Earth: A Discussion of Mountain Lions and Wildlife Crossings
Will the Host Please Mute Mr. Snapper
Saving Life on Earth: Carnivores in the Crosshairs
The Face of Wildlife Trade In the U.S.
Saving Life on Earth: Success Stories and Strategies
Wild & Weird: National Weather Service Detects Massive Eruption of Bats in Phoenix
Saving Life On Earth: A Discussion on Saving Endangered Plants
Saving Life on Earth: A Discussion of Sea Turtles
Wild & Weird: How Leopard Slugs Mate
Saving Life On Earth: A Discussion on Saving Monarchs and Other Insects
Tree-climbing canids in the borderlands of Arizona!
Saving Life on Earth: A Discussion on Protecting People and Wildlife from Pesticides
Wild & Weird: One of World's Rarest Snails Lives in the Desert
California Condor Cools Off in a Creek
Behold Endangered Blanding's Turtle Hatchlings
Saving Life on Earth: A Discussion of the Borderlands
Saving Life On Earth: A Discussion on Contraception, Consumption and Conservation
This Bird Song Went Viral
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Interview with Maxine Trump, Director of To Kid or Not to Kid
Skunk Handstand
Saving Life On Earth: A Discussion on the Future of Climate Activism
Stop Formosa Plastics
Saving Life On Earth: The Fossil Fuel Industry is Building Plastic Factories
This Giant Water Bug May Be the World's Greatest Dad
Saving Life on Earth: A Discussion on Justice, Race, Solidarity and the Environment
BorderViews #52: Trump's Border Wall Threatens Arizona Trail
Saving Life on Earth: Eating to Save the Planet
Saving Life on Earth: Meat Production and the Extinction Crisis
Saving Life On Earth Wolves in the West
Report from the Border: Blasting Granite
A Discussion of Two of the West's Toughest Predators
Demand Action on Plastic Pollution by Fossil Fuel Companies
Saving Half the Earth: An Earth Day Discussion
Victory for California's Mountain Lions
BorderView: Jaguar Corridor in the Crosshairs
Saving Life on Earth April 16
Trio of Bear Cubs
Wolf Lick
Bobat Mom Teaches Her Kitten to Jump
The Call of the Pika
American White Pelicans Hitch River Ride on a Log
Frogsicle
Jaguar Habitat
Florida Wildlife
BFFs: Gray Fox and Western Spotted Skunk
Mazama Pocket Gopher
Javelinas in the Arizona Borderlands: Remote Wildlife Cameras
Bat Snack
Dancing Frogs In The Western Ghats
BorderViews: Sonoyta Mud Turtle
Valentine's Day for Bobcats
BorderViews: San Pedro River Wildlife
How are butterflies surviving the massive Australian fires?
This is a Tardigrade
Beyond Climate Denial: Exposing Fossil Fuel Industry Tactics
The Urgent Need to #StopFormosa
People vs. Plastic
BorderViews: Nellie Jo David, Hia-Ced O'odham Activist
Quitobaquito Pupfish: Tough, Tiny Fish on the Border
BorderViews: A Poem About Border Militarization
Border Patrol Destroying Endangered Species Habitat
This is a fight for all life on Earth
Borderviews: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Palmyra Atoll
Endangered Species Mural Project: Seward, Alaska
Roll up to the club like what up, millipede stampede
Delightfully tiny Florida key deer could lose their federal protection
What do Kangaroos do when it snows?
BorderViews: Imminent Border Wall Construction in National Park Lands in Arizona
Don't Let Big Plastic Trash our Oceans
The future of America's wolves is being decided now
The Lake Titicaca Water Frog
How Road Barriers Killed Two Young California Cougars
The Mega Malabar Tree Nymph
We're fighting to save giraffes from extinction
BorderViews: Jaguar Country
How Ranchers Take Advantage of Public Lands
One of the World's Rarest Flowers
This wildlife crossing reduced vehicle collisions by 85 percent
Trump's border wall will devastate the San Pedro River
Trump's Border Wall is Devastating to Wildlife
What does a fever of cownose rays look like?
Zoom into a Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing
We Delivered Almost 1 Million Comments to Save America's Wolves
We're Taking Trump to Court to Save Emperor Penguins
Rare Footage of Mountain Lion Creating Tinder Profile
Endangered Cat Herding in Florida
"Don't Shoot" -- Esperanza Spalding Speaks Up to Save America's Wolves
The Great Garbage Patch
Laiken Wildlife Refuge Video
California Needs Wildlife Crossings
Border Views: Not Our Values
Trump Admin Approves Mine in Jaguar Habitat
#BorderViews: Wolf Crossing The Border
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Dragoon Mountains in Snow
A Wall By Any Other Name
Bison, Jaguars, and the Border
Endangered Species Mural #20 in Yuma, Ariz.
First 20 Miles of Trump's New Wall
Millions of Monarch Butterflies
Float Like a Dragontail Butterfly...
The Dugong Dougie
Father and son monitoring wildlife in Arizona
Meanwhile in Florida...panthers, gators and bears using wildlife crossings
Ya'll Ain't Ready for Lil' Jawz
One of the Greenest Schools in America
Una de las escuelas más verdes en América
I CAN HAZ UR FACE OFF
Coyote in the Sonoran Desert
Protection for the Candy Darter and Habitat
Beavers climb trees better than potatoes
Newell's Shearwater Release
September 8th March In San Francisco
A Monarch Caterpillar's First Meal
Watch This Borderlands Black Bear Grow Up On Remote Cameras
Bill Snape Speaks Out On Brett Kavanaugh
Togo pack male and pups
Bear Mother and Cubs in a Food Coma Cuddle Puddle
San Pedro River
Jaguarundi: The Obscure Borderlands Cat Few People Know
The Seductive Chest Sac Swagger of the Greater Sage Grouse
Meanwhile, Off the Coast of North Carolina...
Patagonia Puma
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
Endangered Species Act Under Attack
Sierra Newts Mating
Stop the Griz Hunt in Wyoming
The Endangered Axolotl
It's a Rainblow!
Meanwhile in Florida:
Getting through the tail end of this winter like
Lion's mane nudibranch
Two Octopuses Square Off In A Shipwreck
Florida panthers, river otters and bears on remote cameras
Wolves, Bears and Bobcats in Michigan, Oh My!
Ringtails
Borderlands Bear Butt
Chimaera: Happy Halloween
Rattlesnake Den Gassing
What is this googly-eyed critter?
Florida softshell turtles: Aquatic Weirdo Savants
Vote today!
Tucson Stands with Standing Rock, November 15, 2016
Cliff swallows: Avian Master Architects & Guerilla Moms
This Thanksgiving Give Thanks to Standing Rock
The Real Lives of Reindeer
Power to the Pika!
The Trump Resistance Tour is Coming to a City Near You
Trumpapillar
Native Bee Diversity in North America
Desert Bighorn Sheep Adapt and Chill
Bald Eagles Are Good Parenting Partners
Butterfllies Feasting on Scat
North America's Largest Land Mollusk
Funky American Woodcock
Rare Yosemite Falls Rainbow
Sonoran Gopher Snake On a Vertical Egg Hunt
Borderlands Bears
Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, has died
Sea Cuke Poo to the Rescue
Multnomah County Webinar: How to Pass a Resolution Against Offshore Drilling
LA County Resolution Webinar
AZ Trophy Hunting Ban Petition
The Language of Prairie Dogs
Ignite Change: Stand With Lands
Rare six gilled stingray
Ryan Zinke Confronted at Grand Canyon National Park
Petey Mesquitey performs "Im a Borderland Jaguar" 10/18/17 at Sky Bar in Tucson, Ariz.
The Great Clam Escape
Cute Coho Salmon Hatching
Straight Outta Habitat: San Gabriel Chestnut Snail
Jaguar Named "Sombra" in Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona
Borderlands Critter Cams
Relay Walkthrough Video
Cockatoos Play the Drums to Attract Ladies
This Tick Could Make You Allergic to Meat
Behold the Robin of the Sea
Back Into the Wild: Compilation of Wildlife Releases
Fight Trump, Save the Arctic
Hiaki High School Students Name a Jaguar in Arizona
Mount Graham Red Squirrel
Nudi by Nature Nudibranch Diversity
The Wall In The Wild: The U.S./ Mexico Border Wall
The Fascinating and Endangered Sex Lives of Freshwater Mussels
The Earth2Trump Tour Is Back
Damselflies Are Not Dragonflies
Arizona Has Giant Haboobs
Tucson People's Climate March
The Rare Desert Orchid: Coleman's Coralroot
Cesar Chavez Day
Día de César Chávez
Why is biodiversity important - with Sir David Attenborough | The Royal Society
What's Happening at COP15?
Moving An Elephant Is NOT As Easy As 1-2-3 | Defenders of the Wild | EarthX
Indigenous Youth Leading Solutions for Climate Justice, UNPFII 2024
Why biodiversity matters | The Circular Economy Show
Economics for a thriving planet | RSA Events
Greenpeace: 6 steps to protect forests and biodiversity
Bird Versus Wind Turbines by New York Times
COWSPIRACY - Official Trailer - HD
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity - Interactive webcast
Orangutan SOS: Save Armstrong
Introduction to the Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR) method and an outline of the project ob
Biodiversity Conservation by Thomas Lovejoy
Tracking Global Biodiversity by Ben Collen
Biodiversity and Global Change by Katrin Boehning-Gaese
Leopold Education Project
Einstein once predicted that the human race would survive no more then 4 years after the extin
Protecting Public Land from Data Centers
We Just Took Emergency Legal Action to Stop the SpaceX Land Swap
Hang in there. We've got this.
We just sued to save the Endangered Species Act
Imagine losing your entire home.
ESA Habitat Law Suit Rapid Reaction
Shorebirds deserve protection from SpaceX launches.
BREAKING: Trump Administration Guts Endangered Species Habitat Protections.
BREAKING: Trump Administration Guts Endangered Species Habitat Protections
Before you defend the SpaceX land swap, watch this
Protecting 715 acres of refuge land from SpaceX
June 27, 2026
Uriel Takes us to Front Lines of SpaceX Land Grab
More info on the closure of Alligator Allcatraz
What happened in the last few weeks?
Stop SpaceX's Land Grab
We are suing to protect 715 acres of Texas Wildlife Refuge Land from SpaceX
Support The Center for Biological Diversity
Suing to Stop the SpaceX Land Grab
Protecting the Río Grande
That's Wild: Bruce the Brave
Protecting Big Bend National Park
June 11, 2026