A petition to ban commercial fur sales in Colorado has sparked a contentious debate between wildlife advocacy groups and hunting organizations. Opponents of the ban accuse Governor Jared Polis of ...

Record-breaking prices at a recent Canadian fur auction are fueling claims of a market resurgence. But in a thin and globally-fragmenting market, industry experts say the spike may reflect short-term ...

Emperor penguins have braved cold, storms, starvation and predation to breed, ensuring their population survives. But climate change might defeat the iconic Antarctic birds. It’s the breakup and loss ...

Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global ...

Two iconic South Pole species, the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal, have been officially declared endangered by the world’s leading conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will consider a potential ban on the commercial sale of furbearers at its July commission meeting. The idea for a ban on the commercial sale, barter or trade of furs from ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Rockies Troy Johnston hit a home run on Monday night, he didn’t realize he’d instantly become baseball royalty. But there he was, parading around the ...

Etsy is going fur-free. The online marketplace best known for handmade and small-batch goods will ban the sale of all animal fur, regardless of age or origin, on Aug. 11 as part of its “ongoing ...

Remember the plank challenge from the 2010s, where people were planking in the most random spots until failure? Fortunately, this quick plank sequence is nothing like that. While holding a regular ...

BioFluff, a fashion-tech company based in Paris and New York, is producing a new alternative to animal pelts: one that’s made from plants, not plastics. BioFluff, a fashion-tech company based in Paris ...

Getting started in Crimson Desert is more than a little overwhelming. The massive open-world game drops you in the middle of complex systems with few, if any, explanations, and tutorials are often ...

Dobson was comparing the pigment-filled packets, called melanosomes, inside the hair of several mammal species when her Ph.D. supervisor, Liliana D’Alba, noticed the platypus oddity. Typically, ...