To honor National Teachers’ Day, we want to highlight the educators actively participating in compassionate environmental and ...

This blog is the third in a series of four blog articles that will highlight marine conservation work in Ivory Coast. Follow along for the rest of the series! It isn’t rare for fishermen in Ivory ...

As February rapidly approaches, so, too, does a popular “holiday” that occurs every year on February 2nd: Groundhog Day. As the folklore dictates, Groundhog Day stems from a Christian tradition called ...

Along the shores of Ivory Coast, an exciting story with a hopeful ending is quietly unfolding. With support from Born Free USA, Ivory Coast authorities recently launched community outreach activities ...

Born Free USA is a global leader in animal welfare and conservation and operates one of the largest accredited primate sanctuaries in the United States. The Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary is home to ...

Punch, a baby Japanese macaque born at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has recently become a viral sensation. Punch was sadly rejected by his mother soon after his birth and has suffered seemingly ...

The zoo industry has long studied the physiological and behavioral effects visitors can have on animal welfare. While some studies (many problematically sponsored by the zoo industry itself) have ...

Large sharks, particularly great whites, have a very poor track record of surviving in captivity, with most dying within days or even hours of capture. The first attempt to keep a great white shark in ...

Born Free USA’s wildlife adoptions are a wonderful way to help animals… and they also make great gifts! Select the animal you would like to adopt – each representing a species in need – to get started ...

Wildlife conservation and animal advocacy nonprofit, Born Free USA, has today released Clawing at the Cages: Big Cats in Zoos, a major new report detailing the suffering of big cats in captivity. The ...

LSU's tiger mascot, Mike the Tiger VI, caged on campus before a football game. Image credit: Getawaypaul27, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Getting wrapped up in school spirit at a university ...

Over the last few years, with the negative effects of global climate change and human population growth becoming more apparent, we can’t help but notice another disturbing trend: countless fatal ...