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...
UPDATE - Co-founder of the international animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), Wayne Hsiung, was just sentenced to three months in jail in...
Photos By: Humane Society International
Animal activists from around the world are hopeful after South Korean President Moon Jae-in suggested that it might be time...
Photo from In Defense of Animals
The University of Memphis has traveled with a live tiger as the team's mascot to football games for more than four decades. Over...
Photos from FOUR PAWS
Global animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS has just rescued two Asiatic black bear cubs that were confiscated by the environmental police...
Yesterday, Sea & Shoreline, one of the foremost aquatic restoration authorities in Florida, announced the completion of a seagrass rehabilitation project in partnership with...