Large majorities of Americans care about animal welfare, and federal regulations affect billions of animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) promulgat

Cost-cutting move is expected to cause resignations and turmoil

A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.

YouTube video by UC San Diego | School of Arts and Humanities

Environmental law has an animal problem. It lacks an account of whether and how animals’ interests matter. Case in point: The agencies tasked with protecting wild animals cannot stop killing them. The...

In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and personhood to nonhumans would weaken human rights.

The Internet is a series of tubes ... that are sometimes attacked by sharks.

<p><i><span>Americans today encounter billions fewer wild animals than their grandparents did. These ongoing losses affect an enormous array of interests, inclu

YouTube video by US Department of the Interior

The state is speeding up its timeline to cut the carbon intensity of fuels, which could increase gasoline prices by between 6 and 15 cents per gallon.

Scientists and governments are calling for the strongest international protections yet for sharks and rays, citing unsustainable trade as a key threat.

Western premiers dream of a new economic corridor to Hudson Bay, linking mineral and energy exports to global shipping routes. But some eco-tourism operators in Churchill worry an oil spill would deva...

The Nonhuman Rights Project celebrates Justice Aaron Maslow recognizing dogs can legally be considered family members in New York.

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...