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Wu Xiubo Films PSA For Manta Protection Feb 2, 2015

Mantas are getting a big boost from one of China’s most popular actors, Wu Xiubo, with the release of a new manta protection PSA. More →

New Elephant Conservation Short Film Premieres On Daily Show With Jon Stewart Dec 9, 2014

“Last Days,” a powerful short film by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, acclaimed screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and Annapurna Pictures (and distributed in partnership with WildAid) gets its wider public release on December 9 with an appearance on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. More →

President Obama And First Family To Light National Christmas Tree Dec 3, 2014

The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation are excited to announce that President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their family will officially light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday, December 4 at the 92nd annual National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse in President’s Park, one of America’s 401 national parks. More →

A Success In Banning Bee-Killing Pesticides Dec 2, 2014

When the David Suzuki Foundation called for a ban on bee-killing pesticides in Canada this summer, someone was listening. More →

Save The Rainforest This Christmas With Vivienne Westwood Nov 28, 2014

The charity Cool Earth has earned the loyal support of Grande Dame Vivienne Westwood, who has designed an exclusive range of T-shirts for women, men and children. More →

Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson To Co-Host 2014 National Christmas Tree Lighting Nov 28, 2014

The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation have announced that actor and producer Tom Hanks and singer-songwriter, actress, and producer Rita Wilson will co-host the 92nd annual National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. More →

Signed Guitars Go Under The Hammer For Reverb Nov 25, 2014

Reverb is auctioning guitars signed by some great artists. More →

Stars Attend WildAid Gala Nov 24, 2014

Wildlife conservationists, advocates and international celebrities including Yao Ming, Kathryn Bigelow, Maggie Q, Dylan McDermott and Bo Derek gathered at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco to support local San Francisco nonprofit WildAid and their innovative work to reduce consumer demand for wildlife products. More →

Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming Nov 19, 2014

WildAid is calling on the public to do its part to end the ivory poaching crisis by taking the Ivory Free pledge at ivoryfree.org. More →

Book Review - The Frood: The Authorised And Very Official History Of Douglas Adams Oct 29, 2014

Douglas Adams was a frood who really knew where his towel was. He was also one of Britain’s best comedy writers, a keen conservationist and is the subject of a new book by Jem Roberts – The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. More →

Make A Difference Day Unites Millions of Americans in Volunteerism This Weekend Oct 24, 2014

Make A Difference Day will take place this Saturday, October 25, in neighborhoods throughout the country, bringing Americans together for the common good. More →

Star Support Raises Almost $30,000 For Wild Tigers Oct 21, 2014

Star supporters of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation's TigerTime Campaign came together this autumn to help raise almost US$30,000 for tiger conservation in Assam. More →

Tom Arnold To Be Honored With Humanitarian Award Oct 16, 2014

Peggy Albrecht Friendly House Los Angeles, will honor Tom Arnold with the “Humanitarian Award;” Oscar De La Hoya with the “Man of the Year” award; and Kelly Meyer with the “Woman of the Year” award at their 25th annual Awards Luncheon, Saturday, October 25 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. More →

Neil Gaiman To Give Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture For Save The Rhino Oct 8, 2014

Author Neil Gaiman will give the Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture at the Royal Geographical Society in London in 2015. More →

Mark Carwardine To Help Save The Rhino Celebrate 21 Years Sep 24, 2014

Here’s your chance to help make a difference as Save the Rhino celebrates 21 years of conservation. More →

Katherine Heigl Supports Remember Me Thursday Sep 10, 2014

In the wake of last year’s overwhelming global support, Helen Woodward Animal Center is uniting with animal-lovers and animal welfare organizations worldwide for the 2nd Annual Remember Me Thursday global pet adoption awareness campaign. More →

Paul McCartney Wants You To Take The Meat Free Monday Pledge Sep 10, 2014

Paul, Stella and Mary McCartney have joined with Rt Hon Gregory Barker MP, former Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change and now Climate Advisor to David Cameron, to launch an online campaign to encourage people to skip meat one day a week in order to reduce their carbon footprint and help tackle climate change. More →

Modern Family's Nolan Gould Wants To Keep The Beach Safe For Birds Sep 1, 2014

Modern Family’s Nolan Gould for The National Audubon Society and Toyota, showing how you can keep the beach safe for birds and other wildlife. More →

Yao Ming Premieres The End Of The Wild Aug 21, 2014

Celebrities, conservationists, political officials and the media recently gathered for a special premiere screening of “The End of the Wild,” a new documentary that follows basketball legend and committed conservationist Yao Ming on a fact-finding mission into the heart of Africa’s wildlife conservation crisis. More →

Leonardo DiCaprio Honored At Oceana SeaChange Summer Party Aug 18, 2014

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ted Danson, Dennis Haysbert, Laura Dern, Miranda Cosgrove, Austin Nichols, Oscar Nunez, Rachael Harris and Jenna Ushkowitz attended the 7th annual SeaChange Summer Party in Laguna Beach on Saturday evening to support Oceana, the world’s largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation. More →

Emma Thompson Visits The Arctic With Greenpeace Aug 13, 2014

During a trip to the Arctic aboard a Greenpeace ship, Actor Emma Thompson has spoken out about what she describes as a ‘culture of guilt’ around what’s needed to protect the Arctic and deal with global warming. More →

Superman's Henry Cavill Lends Support To Conservation Charity Aug 11, 2014

Henry Cavill, the Jersey born actor who is currently filming ’Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, has officially become a Durrell ambassador. More →

Ian Somerhalder, Nikki Reed And Kellan Lutz Join Campaign To Free Bears Aug 11, 2014

It’s the light-hearted punch line to any overtly obvious question and yet – the honest answer to “does a bear sh*t in the woods” could just as easily be “no”. More →

Rashida Jones, Cobie Smulders, and Angela Kinsey Dive In To Help Protect Belizean Reefs Aug 7, 2014

A trio of Hollywood celebrities recently took their star power to Belize to help Oceana protect the largest reef in the Western hemisphere. More →

Star-Studded Animal Lovers Aug 6, 2014

Some celebrities love the limelight, some eschew it at all costs and some channel it toward the greater good. For celebs that choose the latter, their big hearts and big presence help preserve the lives of innocent animals across the globe. More →

Linkin Park And Thirty Seconds To Mars Team Up For Carnivores Tour Aug 4, 2014

The Carnivores Tour featuring internationally renowned bands Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars and special guest, AFI, kicks off August 8 in West Palm Beach, Florida, for 25 shows across the US. More →

Richard Gere, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon And More Team Up For Henry & Me Aug 1, 2014

Producer Joseph Avallone announced today the upcoming release of the animated feature film Henry & Me, a baseball-themed tale of a young cancer-stricken boy’s magical and life-changing experience with New York Yankees old and new. More →

Leonardo DiCaprio To Be Special Guest At Oceana SeaChange Summer Party Jul 31, 2014

Leonardo DiCaprio will be special guest at this year’s SeaChange Summer Party benefitting Oceana, the world’s largest international organization focused solely on ocean and marine life conservation. More →

Robert Redford To Be Honored At Eagles Benefit Concert Jul 30, 2014

The Eagles are set to play a special benefit concert for the Walden Woods Project at Citi Wang Theatre in Boston on September 16. More →

Lucy Pinder Signs Final Issue Of NUTS For TigerTime Jul 28, 2014

Model and actress Lucy Pinder has donated the ONLY final issue of ’lad’s mag’ NUTS that she has signed to help support tigers in the wild through the TigerTime campaign. More →