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Nepal Celebrates Second Year of Zero Rhino Poaching
It’s no coincidence that Nepal is celebrating its own record-breaking rhinoceros population, while they’ve just achieved their second successful year of eliminating poaching within...
Watch Rare 3-Day-Old White Rhino Learn To Walk, Thanks to Breakthrough
This white rhino baby is not only adorable, but it might also be the key to saving its species.
Gardening Giant Ortho to Drop Chemicals Linked to Bee Deaths
One of the largest home and garden pesticide makers in America is halting its use of a chemical blamed for killing honey bees.
Among several...
Adorable Pika Critter Photographed For The First Time in 20 Years
It’s like a cross between a rabbit and a teddy bear – except cuter.
Found in the Tianshan mountain range of northwestern China, these adorable...
Couple Buys 300 Acres and Restores it as India’s First Private Rainforest Sanctuary
When they saw how pollution was destroying India’s fresh water supply and forests were stripped bare by unrestrained agriculture practices, this couple sold their...
It’s Grrrreat: Wild Tiger Populations On the Rise in Thailand
Thailand’s tigers are coming back from the brink — with their numbers nearly tripling here — thanks to heightened protections.
An eight-year long “census” tracked...
5 Lessons On Love You Can Learn From Your Pooch For Valentine’s Day
Another Valentine’s Day when it appears that everyone in the world has a perfectly happy committed relationship. In other words, a day when most...
The Animal Welfare Movement Saw Major Victories in 2015 in the U.S.
Few activist groups benefited from such sweeping legislative gains in the United States as the animal welfare movement did during 2015.
The extraordinary victories came...
Top 10 Health, Cancer, and Science Breakthroughs of 2015
This past year saw giant leaps in how we cure cancer, with breakthroughs in treating Alzheimers and preventing Ebola. These technological developments – both big...
African Lions Granted Protection Under New American Law That Limits Hunters
The Obama administration implemented new measures to protect African lions, placing them on the Endangered Species List in order to curtail the loss of...
The US Government Is Retiring All Research Chimpanzees
The last remaining research chimpanzees in the U.S. government are headed for a retirement home.
The National Institutes of Health shut down most research on...
Trophy-Hunted Lion’s Tragedy Leads to Animal Rights Triumphs
On July 2, Cecil, a 13-year-old male Southwest African lion, was killed in a hunting expedition in Zimbabwe.
A main attraction at the Hwange National Park, Cecil...
How to Create a ‘Humane Backyard’ for Wildlife and Turn Your Ordinary Garden Lush
This summer, as you tend to your backyard, rooftop, lawn, or terrace garden, consider making it a place where local wildlife can find refuge, a...
African Poachers Trade Weapons for Farm Tools
At one time, Edson Zimba only took from his native land of Zambia. Now he gives back.
For twenty years he combed the bush of...
Eagle-Eyed Trucker Saves Bald Eagle’s Life
A truck driver just happened to notice something on the side of the road and ended up saving a bald eagle’s life.
Mario Giorbano was...
Milestone in Race to Save Finless Porpoise, 10 Years From Extinction
Four Yangtze finless porpoises were released into their new home today, marking the start of an ambitious project to help save the critically endangered...
3M Vows Not to Source From Deforested Areas, Ignore Human Rights
3M announced this week a new sourcing policy that ensures all the virgin wood fiber going into its paper-based products and packaging comes from...
Ringling Bros. Circus Is Eliminating Elephant Acts
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced plans today to drop elephants from their traveling circus tours. The 145-year-old circus institution will relocate the...
Panda Population Grows by 16% As China’s Preservation Efforts Pay Off
The number of giant pandas in the wild increased by 268 over the last decade, bringing the worldwide population to 1,864 -- a 16.8%...
Actor Jared Leto Becomes Global Wildlife Ambassador for WWF
Academy Award-winning actor, musician and director Jared Leto was this month named WWF Global Ambassador to bring attention to wildlife poaching across Africa and...