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

Your bear adoption supports Born Free USA's work to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, stop trophy hunting and lethal wildlife management, and promote peaceful coexistence between humans and bears ...

This blog is the first in a series of four blog articles that will highlight marine conservation work in Ivory Coast. Follow along for the rest of the series! Along a quiet stretch of Ivory Coast’s ...

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 ...

Red-eared sliders are one of the most popular turtles in the pet trade. Between the 1930s and 1970s, they were captured, usually as babies, and shipped throughout the United States to be kept as pets.

With the delays in funding the federal government, many unknowns remain concerning the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as it continues to face potential changes that could lead to devastating outcomes ...

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 ...

A new article, Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species (Pratt et al., 2023), discusses the main consequences that result from the severely flawed ...

Happy and Patty – the other solitary housed elephant at the Bronx Zoo – have long been the subject of concern from animal welfare advocates. Happy was captured from the wild around 1971 and, since ...

Like most other dangerous wildlife ownership laws in the United States, including those pertaining to bears, big cats, and reptiles, the legislation dictating private ownership of primates varies ...

Meat contaminated with bird flu is thought to be one way for the virus to pass to captive wild cats like cougars. Since our Risky Business: The Dangers of Zoonotic Disease in the Fur Trade report was ...

This week marks Teacher Appreciation Week; a time dedicated to expressing gratitude to teachers for their crucial role in shaping students’ lives, communities, education, and development. The ...