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...
Earlier this week, The Body Shop announced that by the end of 2023, its entire product formulations portfolio will be certified by The Vegan Society and...
On February 9, 2014, a healthy two-year-old giraffe named Marius was culled and subsequently, dissected in front of the public at Copenhagen Zoo. The zoo...
The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) announced last week that the latest reforms by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to its controversial Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) still fall...
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...
Photo By: Barbie Halaska, NOAA Permit #18786
Conservation groups and concerned citizens gathered at Crissy Field Beach in San Francisco earlier this week to honor 12 dead whales that...