Wildlife & Animal Welfare

New Zealand's favorite penguin visitor is more lively and eating fish after undergoing endoscopic surgery Monday to remove the beach sand and twigs it swallowed, apparently mistaking it for snow. Full rec...

According to the fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, today is Cow Appreciation Day. Coming from a restaurant chain that supports the slaughter of animals, this may seem ironic at first. But Chick-fil-A has long a...

By Jennifer Mishler Animal lovers, rejoice! An agreement has been made between United Egg Producers (UEP) and several organizations to improve the treatment of egg-laying hens in the factory farming indust...

By Sara Fay A group of animal rights activists protested the premiere of the new movie "Zookeeper" Wednesday in response to animal abuse allegations and the death of a giraffe that appeared in the fil...

Sharks in The Bahamas can breathe more easily after the nation's government announced today that all commercial shark fishing in the approximately 630,000 square kilometers (243,244 square miles) of the co...

By SUE MANNING When Stephen Zawistowski got his first dog 50 years ago, she was the only dog in the neighborhood that was spayed. "She had an incision that must have been a foot long and was sewn up with ...

By Ali Garfinkel Better than most Youtube commentators, I bet. When it comes to syntax, Bengal Finches know where it’s at. This particular species of bird is rather sensitive to unfamiliar bird calls &md...

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Many holiday events that will end with a bang—fireworks, that is—may be entertaining for people, but they are not nearly as much fun for ...

Four dolphins in Canada were saved this week by good samaritans and... Facebook.   According to The Vancouver Sun, Bob Solc first spotted four Pacific Whiteside dolphins early Tuesday morning, on the mud ...