Update: Washington state has officially banned octopus farming following Governor Jay Inslee's signature on House Bill 1153 on March 13th.
This legislative action marks a...
Last week, New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Kenneth Zebrowski announced that they will be introducing a revised version of their...
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...
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice yesterday of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect...
Eleven people were found guilty and sentenced to death in a Tanzanian court last Wednesday for the shocking murder of accomplished South African conservationist, Wayne Lotter.
Tanzania, however,...
South African National Parks (SANParks) announced that three rhino poachers have been sentenced to a total of 105 years in prison. Shangani Mathebula, Emmanuel Mdhluli,...
Despite the coronavirus pandemic worldwide, the notoriously brutal Canadian seal hunt is still happening, and the bloodiest months are coming. Hundreds of thousands of...
In a report released yesterday, Oceana reveals data on marine mammals and sea turtles becoming entangled and swallowing plastic off the coast of the United...