Today, more than two thirds of American households own pets. Annually, they spend more than $50 billion on their care, giving their dogs birthday presents and having professional photographs taken. In ...

Surprisingly, genome comparisons have failed to resolve a major question in animal evolution: Which living animals are the descendants of the earliest animals to evolve in the world's oceans?

Although most pet owners consider companion animals to be beloved members of their family, some animals kept as pets sadly experience cruelty and neglect. Animal cruelty involves inflicting harm, ...

Picture an “animal” in your mind right now. What does it look like? A dog? A lion? Maybe a sloth, pangolin, naked mole-rat, or even just a human? There’s a good chance that you imagined a mammal, ...

Research shows cows are bright and emotional and pigs are intelligent, emotional, and cognitively complex "...the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should ...

AWI seeks to advance the welfare of animals raised for agricultural purposes—on the farm, during transport, and at slaughter. We support plant-based food choices and higher-welfare options when animal ...

Across North America, staffing shortages and the pandemic make it a struggle to help homeless dogs, cats, and rabbits. Buddha, Atlas, and Adonis peer out of a kennel at the Fulton County animal ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is. Some scientists believe ...