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In a major win for conservation, a global coalition voted to regulate the international trade of five shark species and two manta ray species that are threatened by overfishing and targeted for their valuable fins and gills. Read more about the Read More

Cats are the most popular pets in the world. More than a third of American households have feline family members, and more than 600 million cats live among people worldwide. But a recent report has catapulted felines into the headlines by suggesting their cute and fluffy. . . Read More

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, spilling approximately 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. By the time the well was capped 87 days later, the disaster had become the largest environmental oil crisis in U.S. history. In order to. . . Read More

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) working group is recommending immediate retirement for nearly all of the agency’s 451 chimpanzees. In a report released January 22, the group urges the NIH to end half of 22 current experiments involving chimps and begin planning the. . . Read More

An archive of tens of thousands of animal sounds is now online. The Macaulay Library is the world’s largest and oldest scientific collection of biodiversity audio recordings. The. . . Read More