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...
Twenty-one conservation organizations, on behalf of thousands of members, formally asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish...
Photos from Palm Springs Wildlife Advocates, Facebook and Cherry Whittley
Mute swans are majestic birds that generally evoke feelings of love and tranquility. Sadly, for...
Photos by Andrea Spence/IFAW
Local experts from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) deployed last week to rescue seven Atlantic white-sided dolphins in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Thanks...
In a report released yesterday, Oceana reveals data on marine mammals and sea turtles becoming entangled and swallowing plastic off the coast of the United...
Gary L. Cooper, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, pleaded guilty last week to the unlawful sale of endangered species, including elephant and whale ivory. According to court...
Oceana filed an emergency rulemaking petition earlier this week demanding that immediate action be taken to save critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This...