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More than a million species could be lost to the Extinction Crisis in the coming decades. Learn about our work to save Earth's wildlife & wild places. www.biologicaldiversity.org

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Dec 13

Want to stay up-to-date on all things Center for Biological Diversity? Check our our #starterpack featuring some of the fiercest advocates for wildlife, wild places, the climate, planet and more. Follow us here ➡️ go.bsky.app/JLmwHjV

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 14h

Our colleagues at @therevelator.org collected some of the best remembrances of conservation icon #JaneGoodall and gathered a reading list of great books by and about her.

The Revelator @therevelator.org · 1d

Jane Goodall Will Live Forever -- by @johnrplatt.bsky.social https://therevelator.org/jane-goodall-will-live-forever/

Jane Goodall Will Live Forever • The Revelator

We’ve collected some of the best remembrances of the conservation icon and gathered a reading list of great books by and about Jane Goodall.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17h

We wage innovative legal and grassroots campaigns to protect people, wildlife and ecosystems from climate change and the dirty and dangerous fossil fuel industry. Learn more about Christina's work in our Climate Law Institute ➡️ bit.ly/4q4EWc0

Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17h

"If state lawmakers needed a sign that their bill boosting oil drilling to appease refineries was ill-advised, they got it last Thursday night in the form of towering flames."

CBD's Christina Scaringe wrote a letter to the editor following the recent #ElSegundo refinery incident ➡️ lat.ms/4qhpM3l

Flaming emissions coming from an oil refinery smokestack backed by a clear blue sky. There is white text in a black box covering the left side of the image. It reads: Every time our leaders cave to the volatile, hazardous fossil fuel industry, Californians suffer for it. It’s time to speed the transition to clean energy and get off oil and gas for good.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 1d

The county could switch off these lights and use the safer, wildlife-friendly streetlights already installed along the highway. But the county refuses to act — despite depending on sea turtles for tourism. It has also failed to implement beachfront lighting ordinances to protect sea turtles.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 1d

Besides driving female sea turtles from their nests, the stadium-like lights divert hatchlings from the sea, drawing them inland to become exhausted and die.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 1d

Each summer in Glynn County, GA, thousands of imperiled loggerheads struggle across the sand to the ocean for their first swim, but the lights of a nearby highway exit have turned their journey from difficult to deadly.

Tell Glynn County to turn off the lights, for turtles' sake ➡️ bit.ly/4nEFpjy

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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 1d

“The owners of industrial factory farms … don’t want to be held responsible for the brain and lung damage and deaths their emissions can cause,” said Ryan Maher of @biologicaldiversity.org.
www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/fact...

Appeal seeks to force factory farms to disclose hazardous air emissions

A coalition of food, environmental and animal welfare groups is appealing a recent federal court decision that upheld a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule exempting factory farms from publi...

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ChooseWild @choosewild.bsky.social · 6d

Support the REUSE Act of 2025 - A bipartisan, commonsense bill that directs the U.S. EPA to study how reuse and refill systems can be expanded. Reusable packaging has the lowest carbon footprint of any packaging option. Join us and support: https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/v9QxUWSf9E6mejLqEbfQPA2

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 4d

“I’m relieved that the Forest Service terminated this permit for harmful activities in one of the candy darter’s best remaining strongholds,” said Meg Townsend, senior freshwater attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 4d

Every darter has its day 🎉

A legal challenge to a coal hauling permit came to a successful close today. The permit allowed for operations that threatened to endanger candy darters and their critical habitat in West Virginia’s Cherry River watershed.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4gXAAza

A fish swims close to the rocky bottom in clear water streaked with sunlight: a candy darter. The colorful vertical stripes on the fish's side seem to make it blend in even better.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 4d

Got guac on your #gameday table?

Every day more than 10 football fields' worth of Mexican forest — where millions of monarchs migrate to spend the winter — are cleared for avocado production.

Join us in urging top U.S. grocery chains to take up zero-deforestation avocado policies ➡️ bit.ly/46zQtIB

A graphic titled 'BEWARE: killer guac.' It features a stylized image of a bowl of guacamole with monarch butterflies and chips on it, alongside text asking if avocados are ruining forests and pushing monarchs towards extinction.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

"The Trump administration can’t keep lying through their teeth to the American public at the expense of Florida’s imperiled wildlife. We’ll do everything we can to stop this lawless, destructive and wasteful debacle.”

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

“This seems to be the smoking gun proving that our lawsuit challenging Alligator Alcatraz is entirely correct,” said Elise Bennett, Florida and Caribbean director. “This is a federal project being built with federal funds that’s required by federal law to go through a complete environmental review.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

BREAKING NEWS: Florida has been awarded $608 million in reimbursement funds from FEMA for building and running mass detention centers, including the sprawling facility cruelly called #AlligatorAlcatraz in the heart of the #Everglades.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4nZo9Ff

The Everglades seen from above, an expanse of water and plant life. Text is laid over the image and reads: "Breaking News: Florida gets U.S. Funds for Everglades detention center hit by lawsuit".

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 6d

The drying of the Great Salt Lake in Utah is threatening the survival of a rare shorebird. @biologicaldiversity.org is preparing a lawsuit to protect the Wilson’s Phalarope and the lake #birds
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Wilson's phalaropes take flight from tufa towers at Mono Lake, CA. Ron Ozuna photo. Used with permission from Center for Biological Diversity.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

Links to new episodes will be shared each week, so please stay tuned 🐺🌲

Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

The podcast will focus on endangered wildlife, the extinction crisis, and saving life on Earth. It features interviews with experts at the Center and beyond about some of the most important issues of our time.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

Did you hear? We just launched our new podcast, Sounds Wild!

Episode 1 is available now and features an interview with our Endangered Species Codirector Tierra Curry. It's called "How Is Extinction Changing the World Around Us?"

Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5

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ChooseWild @choosewild.bsky.social · 6d

“Americans, including farmers, have a right to know how the administration’s cruel and destructive anti-DEI agenda will affect farming communities and our food security."
-Stephanie Feldstein, @biologicaldiversity.org Program Director

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 6d

She overcame obstacles, broke gender barriers, and made a career in conservation seem within reach for women and girls around the world. She was an amazing force for nature, and now we need to carry her mantle on.”

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 6d

“Jane Goodall's legacy will be forever celebrated,” said the Center’s Tierra Curry. “She died with a hammer in her hands, spreading good in the world, having inspired millions of people to take action on behalf of all that is wild and beautiful. 🧵

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 6d

The conservation world lost one of its guiding lights on Wednesday when renowned primatologist Jane Goodall passed away at 91.

Over 65 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, Goodall proved that primates are a lot like people. But her impact goes far beyond chimps. 🧵

Close up of jungle plant life. There is a quote from Jane Goodall in white text over the image. It reads: "What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make."

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 6d

Wolves are continuing along a sometimes joyous, sometimes tragic path to recovery in the U.S. West. California now has seven known wolf families, down from nine in late 2024, with about 50 known individuals.

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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 8d

Birds do it. Wildebeests do it. Sharks do it, too — migrate, that is. We have the latest science on their incredible (and unexpected) journeys. @melissagaskill.bsky.social reports: https://therevelator.org/migration-sharks/

Incredible Journeys: Migratory Sharks on the Move • The Revelator

Even as scientists rush to identify the migratory paths of some endangered shark species to help better protect them, climate change and other threats shift this behavior, adding urgency to the research.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 7d

Their inaction has left the species without lifesaving safeguards while their habitat rapidly disappears. The Center petitioned the agency to protect the species in 2010.