AWI President Cathy Liss joined Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and other animal welfare advocates in August at DuPage County Animal Services in Wheaton, Illinois, as Krishnamoorthi announced the ...

The stamps depict a variety of animals, including a rabbit, grey seal, Senegal parrot and an Atlantic puffin Animal stamps are being released to mark a Guernsey charity's 150th anniversary.

Animal behavior research is particularly relevant to the study of human behavior when it comes to the preservation of a species, or how an animal’s behavior helps it survive. The behavior of ...

There is much disagreement as to whether non-human animals have rights, and what is meant by animal rights. There is much less disagreement about the consequences of accepting that animals have ...

There is more to treating animals in an appropriate way than keeping them healthy. Are we right to use animals as objects of entertainment? From the welfare point of view it is wrong to keep an ...

Some of the world’s top animal scientists got together to talk about leadership traits in the animal kingdom and published a study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that explored what qualities ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report highlights elephants ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, ... Bonobos May Be More ...

Seeing through one eye or many, in technicolour or black and white, few animals experience the world as we do. By analysing the properties of animals' visual systems, we can model what the world would ...

Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris ...