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...
Scotland has just banned the shooting of seals by the fisheries industry in a move that the Humane Society International/UK calls "critically important for seal welfare...
A federal judge recently ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service’s management of the American lobster fishery violates the federal Endangered Species Act. The court held...
A lawsuit was filed against the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for new regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will shield...
Members of an international primate smuggling ring have been charged with multiple felonies for participating in bringing wild long-tailed macaques that were falsely labelled...