African giant pouched rats have been used to detect explosives and are being trained for search and rescue operations

While young social-justice warriors playact at making a difference, those concerned for the welfare of animals do the unglamorous work of making real change.

Inexpensive and easy to use, drones are proving invaluable for activists monitoring illegal fishing, hunting and deforestation – as well as keeping tabs on zoos and aquariums

Rats think of objects and places that are not directly in front of them, a key requirement for remembering the past and imagining the future.

Domestic cats are cherished human companions, but a new study shows the enormous breadth of species the felines prey on when they are left to roam freely

Animals can make the strangest sounds. Tune into the noises made by some iconic species and find out how they make them.

Researchers are howling with delight after discovering a new pack of endangered gray wolves in California.

In the aftermath of COVID-19, it is tempting to characterize pandemics as problems foreign in origin, traced to shadowy wildlife markets and unhygienic conditions. Indeed, such “wet” markets sometimes sell and slaughter wild, exotic animals on site leading to concerns that diseases may spread there across species. Expert calls for global bans on wet markets and the consumption of wildlife have been met with overwhelming approval.

Urgent action needed as DNA tests show their genetic diversity is so low they could vanish from the country in 30 years

Health concerns are growing in East Palestine as reports rise of animals getting sick and some even dying. The train derailment is causing struggles not just for the animals, but their owners as we…

A group of researchers at the University of British Columbia got to work locating, measuring and then evaluating a number of these overpasses to see how different dimensions impact how effective an overpass is at encouraging wildlife to cross.

Insects use a wide range of tools for orientation, including visual memory, smell, and counting steps. The tricky question is how they combine and compute different kinds of inputs, and whether their methods can help us understand more complex brains or create artificial ones. Michael Gross investigates. Bottom of the article, you will be able to find a simulator link for How ants find their way.

Bua Noi has spent decades in a cage in a decaying Bangkok shopping mall. Her owner says is she too old to be transferred to a sanctuary but activists disagree

In a Congolese national park, great apes of different species interact socially, with individuals clearly recognizing one another.

Report for Law Society says framework is essential for future interactions with the environment and biotechnology

Experts claim that deadly spillovers of disease between livestock and wildlife are increasing with the growth in intensive methods

This blog post is provided by Arjun Dheer and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Diurnal pastoralism does not reduce juvenile recruitment nor elevate allostatic load in spotted hyenas

Hearing granted for Humane League, which says use of fast-growing chickens breaches welfare rules