Oregon’s Coastal Rainforest is a virtual fish factory
The National Marine Fisheries Service formally approved the first permit for a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), protecting salmon habitat across thousands of miles of streams in Oregon state forests. State forests are required by law to be managed for social, economic and environmental benefits to Oregonians. The HCP will provide ODF with certainty and consistency […]
How to Live on Earth
‘How to Live on Earth’ is a visionary feature documentary that explores our vital connection to nature and its role in our future. Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, this ultimate ‘how-to guide’ features inspirational, cutting-edge stories and powerful cinematography from around the world to reveal how humans are learning to team up with nature to solve […]
Mexico’s misunderstood donkeys
Campeón the donkey was supposed to be slaughtered after losing a contest at Mexico’s National Donkey Fair. Instead, he was rescued by Germán Flores, co-founder of Burrolandia Sanctuary, who saw him as someone worth saving. Campeón’s story reveals a larger contradiction: donkeys are celebrated as cultural icons in Mexico, yet often exploited, misunderstood and increasingly […]
Costco’s organic chicken isn’t what it seems
Organic chicken costs on average more than twice as much as conventional chicken, and people buy it in part because they believe that the animals are given a much better life. But a new undercover investigation reveals that these expectations may often be far from reality.
Billions raised, rarely seen: inside the global shrimp farming industry
Shrimp are among the most numerous animals raised by humans, with billions of individuals bred and killed every year, yet they remain among the least visible. In 2025 and 2026, working with the NGO Animal Welfare Observatory on an international investigation into shrimp farming, our photojournalists travelled to Ecuador and Indonesia to document the industry […]
If the Calgary Stampede stands behind its welfare standards, it should welcome scrutiny
As someone who has spent years documenting animals—their beauty and their suffering—Cynthia knows that meaningful storytelling happens in the tension between those things. And the Stampede is both: a celebration of Western heritage and a site of documented animal injuries and deaths. That complexity deserves transparency and discussion.
The Beast & The Shepherd (Documentary)
Online: A shepherd, struggling with the fate of his lambs, secretly joins forces with an animal rights activist to save a few lives, forging an unlikely alliance. We Animals is proud to have supported “The Beast & The Shepherd”, a powerful new film from award-winning filmmaker and We Animals photojournalist Rebecca Loviconi.
The Maned Wolf: A study that simply stopped
Two months ago I wrote about a photograph of a maned wolf. A male, collared, sitting in the grass at Los Fierros, identified only as M8. I said that finding him was reason enough to go. An unpaved road in the Chiquitanía, eastern Bolivia. It’s how I get in. According to the literature, it’s also […]
War and economic crisis complicate efforts to protect Iran’s rich but endangered wildlife
A few days after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran, Reza Kiamarzi decided to trek into the mountains outside his home city of Isfahan in southern Iran. A veterinarian and researcher on birds of prey, his mission was to find nests of endangered falcons high up in the cliffs.
We asked 3 travel pros for the most scenic Amtrak line—and they all picked the same route
The California route, Amtrak explains, runs daily and covers 351 miles between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, passing through Orange County, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and a string of smaller coastal towns along the way.
Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticized as ‘completely insufficient’
The government’s plan to protect and restore nature in England by 2030 has been condemned as “pathetic” and “completely insufficient” in the face of the spiraling environmental crisis. The long-awaited plan published on Monday calls for landowners to voluntarily opt to protect and enhance nature, rather than creating legal protections for nature across more of […]
In pictures: 3,000-mile journey to save rare Przewalski’s horses
Two horses have been transported 3,000 miles (5,000km) to help secure the future of a species that was once considered to be extinct in the wild. Shara and Togs, two female Przewalski’s horses, were born and raised at Marwell Zoo near Winchester, Hampshire.
