Last week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed H.B. 1097 into law. The legislation will prohibit the sale of cosmetics in Washington that have been...
Last week, conservation groups petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to protect five imperiled populations of the western burrowing owl under the California...
It has been reported that another “super tusker” elephant bull, from the Amboseli elephant population, has been shot and killed in the Enduimet Wildlife Management...
Yesterday, The Center for Biological Diversity increased the total reward to $15,000 for information leading to a conviction in the illegal killing of a...
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Preventing Future Pandemics Act, which would direct the State Department to...
China has upgraded the national protection status of its native pangolin species, in particular the Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla, to Class I, the highest form...
1. Congratulations to Joaquin Phoenix for winning Best Actor at the Oscars for his outstanding performance in the Joker.
Joaquin gave an inspirational speech using...
In response to a formal petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that reclassifying the West Indian manatee from threatened to...
Photo credit: Maui Humane Society
Update August 15th: As the death toll continues to rise from the devastating wildfires on the island of Maui, many...
After 18 months of fact-finding, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on EU countries to respect animal welfare during transport of live...
Yesterday, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Chuck Bonham ordered the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery to close at noon on Tuesday, June 1st....
Update: Icelandic whaling vessel, Hvalur 8, which has been hunting fin whales since September 1st, has been ordered to suspend its operations. The order...