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...
As President Trump was ordering slaughterhouses in the United States to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis of government documents by...
Photo from Suffolk County Police Department
Animal advocates have long expressed their need to be the voice for the voiceless. While not always heard and seldomly...
WildEarth Guardians, and a coalition of wildlife advocates, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to deny protections for imperiled wolverines under the Endangered Species Act....
On February 21st, Sea Shepherd was alerted to the presence of a whale in life-threatening distress in the Vaquita Refuge, a federally protected zone in...