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 Credits: Lesser Prairie-Chicken. Photo courtesy of Kansas State Research (CC BY 2.0), Northern long-eared bat. Photo courtesy of Al Hicks, USFWS
In a tragic pair...
1. Notorious Trophy Hunter, Riaan Naude, Was Reportedly Shot & Killed In South Africa
Riaan Naude, a trophy hunter in South Africa known for “proudly” displaying images...
Christina Ricci, Stevie Van Zandt, Bill Maher, Paul Wesley, Chelsea Handler, Debbie Harry, and Ethan Hawke are among the dozens of recognizable names that signed an open letter from Animal Legal Defense...
Conservation groups sued the federal government yesterday for approving the Alaska LNG Project, an integrated pipeline project, which would export U.S. liquefied natural gas to...
Animal protection groups sued U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the United States Department of Agriculture last week for failing to protect pigs who...