Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their ... and protecting desert wilderness and the rare and fragile biological resources in the California and ...

But on a warm afternoon in December, 77 of these animals were captured near the town of Alpine and hauled back home to build ...

This would be the first native, solitary bee in the continental United States to be protected under the Act. Although it once thrived across much of the Mojave Desert, the quarter ... 34 known sites ...