Republicans in Congress are on the brink of enacting a plan that could spell the end of much iconic American wildlife.

A new report criticizes Mexico’s failure to enforce gillnet bans in the Upper Gulf of California, threatening the world’s smallest porpoise.

Timothy Rawlings facilitated unlawful hunts of mountain lions, elk, and bears without a license, violating the Lacey Act and multiple state laws.

Keijo and his mother remain trapped in closed-down Marineland Antibes as concerns grow over breeding intentions and animal suffering.

The 17 remaining orcas in captivity in the United States are part of a generation that will be the last to endure life behind glass.

UMass researchers spent more than a decade experimenting on marmosets in stress-inducing menopause studies.

December’s three-week bear hunt will see nearly 200 black bears killed using outlawed methods like baiting, dog packs, and bows and arrows.

Experts warn that keeping great apes in captivity fails conservation goals and causes serious physical and psychological harm to these primates.

A man has pleaded guilty to attempting to export around 850 turtles, worth about $1.4 million, by falsely labeling them as plastic animal toys.

New data reveals that most U.S. college students oppose animal dissection when humane, non-animal alternatives are available.

The incident, which happened during the corraleja bullfighting festival in Colombia, was caught on camera.

The Missouri woman, who starred in the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy, plead guilty to two counts of perjury and one of obstructing justice, after lying that a primate she was accused of mistreating had died.

Federal agents seized 190 dogs from Leshon Eugene Johnson’s Oklahoma home, the most ever taken from a single person in a federal dogfighting case.

Driven by Chef Alain Passard’s love of nature and commitment to sustainability, the celebrated Paris restaurant now joins a growing list of Michelin-starred venues embracing plant-based cuisine.

Campaigners say new legislation is meaningless without an immediate end to the daily mass killing of stray animals in preparation for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

The German zoo says the cull was necessary to control its captive baboon population and prevent overcrowding.

A pioneering South African project is using radioactive tagging to protect rhinos, making horns easier to trace and harder to traffic.

A new study shows the reintroduction of wolves is driving a long-awaited recovery of aspen trees, decades after the ecosystem fell out of balance.

Roadside zoos are a welfare nightmare for animals. They are typically small zoos where wild animals are confined in small cages and frequently forced to interact with visitors in stressful and unnatural ways.

A proposed bill on Jeju Island aims to designate dolphins as legal persons, a move environmentalists say would better protect the endangered animals from human-caused harm.