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...
A wayward polar bear was spotted in Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula and subsequently killed on Sunday, April 30th, reportedly “for public safety issues.”
According to the...
A recently updated Red List analyses from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) indicates that 316 species of sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras, are now...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has just announced a ban on wildlife-killing M-44 devices, commonly known as “cyanide bombs,” across 245 million acres...
Photos from The BEAR League, Facebook
WAN is pleased to share some much-needed positive news as another tumultuous week comes to an end.
“Hank the Tank,”...
Photo of Red wolf pup from Red Wolf Recovery Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Heartwarming news as a litter of six critically endangered wild...