As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species

Nearly two years after U.S. President Trump’s decision to dismantle international development agency USAID removed nearly $1 billion from global conservation and environment funding, the agency’s…

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

The Vashishti River, originating in the biodiversity-rich Western Ghats and flowing into the Arabian Sea along India’s western coast, has long supported traditional fishing communities. But in 2023,…

Collisions with ships are a leading anthropogenic killer of the Mediterranean’s two endangered large-bodied cetacean species, sperm and fin whales. In 2025, thousands of vessels traveled through the M...

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

The pork industry lost this fight at the Supreme Court in 2023. Senate Agriculture marks up its farm bill Thursday, which is where it gets a second try.

ALT: Great White Shark Swims Towards Camera

Every year, around 100 million sharks are caught and cruelly carved up for their fins. Still alive and breathing, they are often thrown overboard, back into the ocean to die. Their finless bodies help

It turns out no one likes seeing pigs locked in tiny cages.

Reject a dangerous U.S.-Israeli military alliance.

A divided US Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits against companies over atrocities abroad, rejecting a suit accusing Cisco Systems Inc. of complicity in China’s torture of Falun Gong adherents.

The rumble of ship traffic is drowning out the calls of long-finned pilot whales and potentially other marine species in the Strait of Gibraltar, a narrow strip of water between Morocco and Spain…

The fossil fuel industry wants to turn the Gulf of California, home to thousands of marine species, into a gas hub. We’re partnering with environmental advocates in Mexico to stop it.

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