Countries worldwide are noticing the detrimental effects trophy hunting has on already decimated wildlife populations.

Last month, Zambia's Minister of Tourism and Arts, Sylvia T. Masebo, announced that specific hunting licenses would be suspended as they had "been abused to the extent they threatened animal populations."

Now, the response of...

Recently, embattled African lions took one step closer to receiving much-needed protections from American trophy hunters still eager to kill them despite their dwindling numbers in the wild. By declaring that the species may warrant a U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing, the Department of the...

In 2010, at an international conservation convention in Doha, the nations of the world had the opportunity to put into place new protections for imperiled polar bears against unsustainable international trade. However, with a final tally of 48 "for" to 62 "against," the vote went against the polar bear. During...

New York City's Diamond District received a wake-up call on Thursday following the news that two jewelers and their stores pleaded guilty to marketing what prosecutors said was more than $2 million worth of jewelry and other gifts made from Asian and African elephant ivory tusks. The initial...

Because the world's most imperiled species are sometimes found in the world's most dangerous places, the combustible mix of focused altruism and local desperation can collide and result in horrific tragedy.

Such a scenario occurred this past weekend in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) -- the setting...

On Saturday, June 23, hundreds of conservationists, veterinarians and rhino-lovers around the world waited for news from the deep jungles of Southeast Asia. A female Sumatran rhino living in a breeding facility in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, gave birth to a baby male rhino calf named Andatu...

Today marks one of the least known, but most significant, holidays of the entire year -- Endangered Species Day. Launched by the United States Senate, the annual event takes place the third Friday in May and is celebrated by thousands of people throughout the country at parks, wildlife...

I was horrified to see the pictures just released of Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric taken from an African safari the pair went on in 2010 -- during which time they proudly hunted and killed a number of animals including an elephant, leopard, crocodile, kudu, civet...

A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE makes the claim that allowing limited lion trophy hunting in Africa, rather than bans called for by numerous animal conservation and welfare groups, might better benefit the species. With the African lion continuing to roam closer and closer to...

With more and more scientists finding an accelerated shrinking of Arctic habitat, and on-going attempts by single-minded US congressmen determined to circumvent existing laws protecting polar bears, I'm happy to report that polar bears finally received some good news: thanks to a farsighted decision by a US federal judge, polar...

President Obama, Martha Stewart, Neil Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Magic Johnson, Julia Child, Robert Redford -- all born Leos, under the astrological sign of the lion that has ruled the month of August for thousands of years. Like lions, Leos are said to have powerful personalities, display...

Americans kill hundreds of African lions each year. They don't do it for protection or for food or as a cultural tradition passed down from generation to generation. They do it for one reason only -- fun.

Trophy hunting is the act of killing a wild or captive animal...

Rain. Floods. Earthquakes. We have recently seen a barrage of suffering at the hands of natural disasters. A recent New York Times article explored the relationships between these extreme weather patterns and climate change. A changing global climate is having more immediate detrimental consequences for both human communities...

Last week at a United Nations conference, sixty-two countries voted against a measure that would have helped ensure the survival of the polar bear. This voting block, which included Spain, the United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand and the Netherlands, was enough to stop a proposal put forward by the United...