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...
Today, WAN learned of the devastating news that Lolita, also known as Tokitae, has fallen gravely ill at the Miami Seaquarium. The 56-year-old orca, who has...
Malawi’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), African Parks (AP) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) will translocate 250 elephants from Liwonde...
Photos by: Lis Key, International Animal Rescue
An orangutan who was wrongly being kept as a 'pet' in Senduruhan Village, Hulu Sungai District, Ketapang, West Borneo, was recently rescued...
A controversial U.S.-backed research study that aimed to capture whales in northern Norway and test how they would respond to ocean noise has resulted in...
Yesterday, The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted a complaint urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to...