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...
With the introduction of his 2020-2021 Budget Plan, California Governor Gavin Newsom took a $50 million dollar step towards advancing efforts to end the...
In a victory over a development that would have doomed California mountain lions, a judge issued a ruling against the proposed 270-acre Altair development...
An undercover investigator with Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) who worked as a kennel attendant at a Petland store in Novi, Michigan, documented...
Yesterday, a federal court granted a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to strike down federal permits for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
The...
Some uplifting news happened this weekend when a 13-year-old female Sumatran Orangutan was released back into the wild in North Sumatra on July 4th.
The...