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...
Photo by: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC
The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition this week urging the National Marine Fisheries Service...
Animal Legal Defense Fund, The American Wild Horse Campaign, and local advocate Carla Bowers, dismissed a high-profile lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service over the...
Earlier this week, New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) and State Senator Luis Sepúlveda (D/Bronx) announced new legislation, A.10399, to shut down New York’s live animal...
Photos By: IFAW
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) rescued and released five common dolphins off Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts this week. The dolphins had...
House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) unveiled the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act, along with House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy...