... take of turtles in Arkansas. Earlier this year, a group of organizations headed by the California-based Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Game and Fish Commission to stop commercial gathering and selling of turtles. Armstrong said ...

... contaminated with toxins and pollutants poses a significant public health risk." The petition was from the Center for Biological Diversity, based in San Francisco, Calif. Listed as participating were the Center for Food Safety, Center for North ...

... check to harass the polar bear in the Chukchi Sea," said Brendan Cummings, oceans program director at the Center for Biological Diversity. He added that his group believes the new regulations are illegal. Exploring in the Chukchi Sea's 29 ...

... interfere with polar bear recovery. That likely will affect oil and gas activity, said Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity, one of three groups that sued to force the critical habitat designation. "Other than global warming ...

... abandon their nests or leave winter roosting sites." In California, Peter Galvin, a spokesman for the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco, disagreed with the big groups and said it was premature to end the act's protections ...