END IT, DON’T MEND IT: What messaging makes people oppose animal farming?
ELENA SCHALLER: Animal farming is a leading cause of animal suffering, environmental destruction, and chronic health problems. Animal welfare…
VICTIM OF THE UNDER(SEA)WORLD: Twenty year-old orca whale Nakai has died following an ‘infection’
JOHN GIBBINS: A 20-year-old 'killer' whale that has been at SeaWorld San Diego since his birth died Thursday night following treatment for an…
Good Grief: The importance of loving ‘pets’ in life and death
MARC BEKOFF: Living with various companion animals often ends with the loss of our good friends. E.B. Bartels's new book Good Grief: On Loving Pets,…
OTHER-WORLDLY: The animal worlds that lie beyond our perception
BETSY MASON: What is special about humans that sets us apart from other animals? Less than some of us would like to believe. As scientists peer more…
‘SHOOTING’ HORSES: New film shines spotlight on ‘working’ animals in entertainment
KENDRA COULTER: It is a horse named Ghost who first signals that something is awry in the sky in Jordan Peele’s latest visually and thematically…
BRAIN TEASERS: The unethical and cruel experiments of transplanting human neurons into animals
KENDALL POWELL: In a darkened room in a laboratory in London, a group of students and researchers watch a clump of human brain cells settle into…
NO SHELTER IN HELL: Iranian regime raids property and slaughters 1700 canines taken in as strays
DAVID AVERRE: Dog shelter workers are protesting President Ebrahim Raisi's regime in Iran after authorities allegedly stormed their compound and…
‘The Dog Lawyer’: Richard Rosenthal doesn’t care that you hate him
HOPE CORRIGAN: The case before the court involved a Rhode Island greyhound named Lexus, accused of killing a Pomeranian in a dog park. The…
NO ROOM TO DIE: Captivity can drive fish to cannibalism, uncommon in nature
SCITECH DAILY: Even though mosquitofish and guppies are known to be cannibalistic in captivity, it is very improbable that they would engage in…
WHALE OF A CAPTAIN: Founder cuts ties with Sea Shepherd USA after disagreement of organization’s path
HAILEY KANOWSKY: The founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, has officially cut ties and ended all involvement with Sea Shepherd Conservation…