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...
A team of conservationists has reintroduced 30 Javan slow lorises back into their rainforest home in Indonesia. Mount Halimun Salak National Park (TNGHS) carried out...
Undercover investigations exposing the dark side of social media where innocent animals are often exploited and abused for human greed, selfishness, and profit are...
Following three years of no whaling in Iceland, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the country's Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, is now contemplating the fact that there is little...
Photos from The BEAR League, Facebook
WAN is pleased to share some much-needed positive news as another tumultuous week comes to an end.
“Hank the Tank,”...
The Kering group, which manages many luxury brands including Gucci and Saint Laurent, has already eliminated fur from its fashion houses and just took...