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 key U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement recommended a formal investigation into Mexico’s failure to comply with its fishing and wildlife trade laws, which is causing...
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently announced that it would begin a status review to determine whether the highly imperiled Atlantic humpback dolphin should...
Last week, The Animal Legal Defense Fund and local residents represented by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, appealed a recent ruling in...
A female orangutan named Susi has given birth to her first baby in the wild after being rescued from a life in chains in captivity.
Susi was successfully...