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...
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The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service announced yesterday that it will ban imports of Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught in...
A new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) evaluation finds that rodenticides are harming more than 130 endangered species and pushing at least 73 toward extinction.
The...
Aveda, the high-performance, vegan hair care brand that has opposed animal testing since it was founded in 1978, has announced this week that it is now...
A new report released last week by the Center for Biological Diversity details how pervasive and damaging offshore fracking and other extreme oil and...