1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (1046+ words) Insects may feel pain. Do you have a moral duty to protect them from harm? Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism " the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1095+ words) Global fur production has collapsed. Here's how it happened. In just one decade, a longtime fashion mainstay has been relegated to the sidelines of both haute couture runways and bargain clothing racks: fur. The data encompasses the vast majority of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1109+ words) Introduced species can wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Many states are flooding their waterways with them. When animals that aren't native to an area harm the environment, we usually label them as invasive and consider them bad. State wildlife agencies…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (534+ words) A first look at new research from the forests of central Mexico. Each fall, tens of millions of monarchs that live east of the Rocky Mountains migrate, rather miraculously, to the same forested region of central Mexico. The featherweight insects…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (788+ words) And what it reveals about wildlife encounters in the years to come. It's a scene from a nightmare: You're shopping at the supermarket on a normal fall evening, and suddenly a hungry bear walks in and starts smashing things. This…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (369+ words) The secretive dog experimentation industry is starting to crumble. Animal rights advocates often contrast humanity's dismal treatment of animals farmed for food with our adoration bordering on worship of pet cats and dogs " the point being that these distinctions between…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (736+ words) How scientists (and the rest of us) are finding 16, 000 new species a month. When the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus published Systema Naturae in 1735, he set out to classify every living thing on Earth " inventing the naming system we still use…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1795+ words) A new exclusive investigation reveals the hidden suffering behind the pet bird industry. Statistically speaking, a lot of your neighbors probably have a dog or cat. But there's a decent chance that there are at least a few parrots in…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (599+ words) The internet will do anything for baby animals " except the hard stuff. Much like their human cousins, baby macaques crave comfort. Punch, a forlorn-looking young Japanese macaque monkey, went viral last week after being pictured clinging to an orange IKEA…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (648+ words) Trump's "strike force" against animal abuse, and the conservative movement's turn toward animal welfare, explained. Recently, something incredibly rare happened: American policymakers at the highest levels of government committed to tackling animal cruelty. Specifically, late last month, the Trump administration…...