Bees can count using only four brain cells
BROOKS HAYS: 'New research reveals how bees count using minimal brain power. To better understand bees' mathematic abilities, scientists designed a…
US big game hunter who boasted of gunning down goats and stags on Scottish island faces criminal charges
DANYAL HUSSAIN: 'An American big-game hunter who boasted of gunning down local animals while visiting a Scottish island is now facing criminal…
Plastic vegans: Commodity culture and its effects on nonhuman species
ANTI-SPECIESIST ACTION COLLECTIVE: 'Consumer culture is a celebration of possessive individualism which cultivates isolation and selfishness. We are…
Animal rights protestors criticized for demonstrating outside children’s hospital
OLIVIA PETTER: 'Demonstrators have been criticised for protesting outside a children’s hospital in Brisbane during a Christmas celebration in order…
Federal inspectors find inhumane killings, injuries at Puerto Rico’s only zoo
AP: 'Federal inspections at Puerto Rico's only zoo have found animals sacrificed inhumanely or for unclear reasons, inadequate veterinary care and a…
Bruised, starved and sick: The sorry state of captive elephants in India
SIBI ARASU: 'While concerted efforts are made to protect India’s wild elephants, little is done to oversee the well-being of captive elephants who…
Study: The Conflict Among Veg*ns: Ethics Vs. Health
OWEN ROGERS: 'Within the movement to reduce animal consumption, there are two main (non-exclusive) divisions that can be made. The first is based on…
Deformed and crippled turkeys struggling to walk at a British farm run by supermarket supplier
LIZ PERKINS: 'Horrific footage shows deformed turkeys at a farm run by a company which supplies major British supermarkets and restaurants,…
New U.S. Senate bill would stop USDA from euthanizing kittens
GREGORY WALLACE: 'Sen. Jeff Merkley is joining forces with a congressman to stop Agriculture Department researchers from euthanizing kittens used in…
What is the punishment for the illegal brutal killing of hundreds of innocent deer? Watch the movie Bambi for a year.
CHRISTINE HAUSER: 'A judge in circuit court ordered that a Missouri man, David H. Berry Jr., 29, must watch “Bambi” once a month while serving a…