For 75 years, the Animal Welfare Institute has been dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We envision a world where the treatment of animals is rooted in dignity and compassion.

May 14, 2026 Scientists exploring deep underwater canyons off the coast of Western Australia uncovered a hidden world packed with bizarre and elusive marine life — including signs of the legendary ...

Animal behaviour is the scientific study of the behaviour of animals. The discipline covers study under experimental conditions, behaviourism, or natural conditions, ethology. A beautiful and ...

Animal breeding is the process of selective mating of animals with desirable genetic traits, to maintain or enhance these traits in future generations. For livestock, this involves estimation of the ...

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 ...

This post is part of Mashable's Masturbation Week. May is National Masturbation Month, so we're celebrating by exploring the many facets of self-love. As Dr. Ian Malcolm says in the original Jurassic ...

Plants are able to make their own food when sunlight shines on their leaves. Unlike plants, animals, including humans, can't make their own food. This means they need to find their nutrition by eating ...

A young girl welcoming you inside a zoo, inside of which are a walrus and a zebra, and a horse Classification is the process of organising living things into categories. These categories help us to ...

In April 1986, the Chernobyl disaster led to a thriving ecosystem of animals, including feral dogs. A 2023 study revealed distinct genetic differences in Chernobyl's dogs, hinting at possible ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Animals. There are more than one million species on Earth, with new ones discovered each day. (There were more than 280 new species of fish discovered in 2020 alone!) And from one country to the next ...

WorldAnimalFoundation.org is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More In 2024, around 5.8 million animals entered shelters, and ...