Defenders of Wildlife is proud to announce Stephan Ekernas as its new Vice President of Species Conservation and Coexistence, ...

The National Park Service finalized a regulation that abdicates the agency's responsibility to manage wildlife in Alaska's ...

This letter to the editor, published in The Washington Post and written by Defenders of Wildlife’s Andrew Bowman, pushes back on the paper’s pro-permitting-bill editorial, arguing its Endangered ...

This blog post presents an op-ed published in Common Dreams, written by Defenders of Wildlife’s Erica Pencak, warning that the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act’s ...

Defenders of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North America. Together, we can ensure a future for the ...

In the face of challenging headwinds, Defenders of Wildlife continues to advocate for critical funding and vital programs that save vulnerable ecosystems. And over the past year, our efforts have ...

As climate change continues to accelerate, it is essential to protect natural habitats that act as carbon sinks. When these areas are developed and disturbed, additional carbon is released into the ...

Biodiversity is deteriorating at a global level as human actions like development, overexploitation, climate change, pollution, and other factors have led to a dramatic increase in the rate of ...

The Castor Mapper is a web map that allows users to explore data collected by community scientists across North America using iBeaver.

A clear and consistent definition of “protected” or “conserved” is needed to establish priority values and required mechanisms for implementation of 30x30 for addressing the biodiversity and climate ...

Read this journal article arguing FWS’s interpretation of ‘representation’ under the ESA falls short of scientific standards and proposing a broader alternative.

The Earth is facing environmental crisis. A 2019 global assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reported that approximately 1 ...