Our perception of animal welfare as a nation of animal lovers is out of step with policy and law that still allows differential animal treatment.

Science and common sense show diverse animals are feeling beings who care about what happens to themselves and others, and skeptics need to stop ignoring well-established facts.

Sentient director Tony Jones discusses his documentary about the ethics of animal testing and the tough questions we have to ...

A large body of scientific evidence stemming from studies of diverse species clearly shows that many nonhuman animals (animals) are sentient beings. 1 Because these studies show that the biodiversity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All three of these discoveries came in the last five years — indications that the more scientists test animals, the more they find ...

Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda promoted the reform of Article 7, which now recognizes animals as sentient beings in the state’s Constitution—an unprecedented move that ...

New research conducted by World Animal Protection states that two thirds of captive elephants in Thailand's tourism industry still live in poor conditions, despite some welfare improvements. Most ...

Computer scientists need to grapple with the possibility they will accidentally create sentient artificial intelligence (AI) — and to plan for those systems’ welfare, a new study argues. The report ...

Bees play by rolling wooden balls — apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid ...