A new study has implanted human brain tissue into bioengineered mice, leading to debate over animal welfare.

A group of British lawmakers is calling on the Ministry of Defence to end the use of real bearskin caps, as new data shows orders for real bear pelts have surged.

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Leading racetracks including Churchill Downs, Keeneland, and Aintree can no longer sell tickets through Tripadvisor, after the platform cited its Animal Welfare Policy.

More than 270 animals were rescued from an Oregon roadside zoo after a years-long pattern of neglect, and its owner has now been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

As opposition to octopus farming grows worldwide, Colombia is moving to ban the practice before a single farm is built.

A new bill that will be submitted in February 2027 could end commercial whaling in Iceland for good, leaving only Norway and Japan still hunting whales commercially.

Musician Travis Barker has partnered with Humane World for Animals on a new campaign encouraging people to make small, everyday changes to help animals.

Fur farmers had previously pledged to stop breeding abnormally large foxes, but campaigners say the apparent lack of reform strengthens the case for the European Union to ban the fur industry.

A new investigation has documented the killing of newborn male chicks inside a hatchery, with calls growing for the industry to adopt in-ovo sexing technology that could bring an end to the practice.

A cleaner New York Harbor has drawn hundreds of humpback whales to its waters - but the same busy port that welcomes them is also killing them.

No criminal charges will be filed in the deaths of dozens of sloths at Sloth World Orlando, with Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani vowing to change to state law.

A police officer shot and killed HeeHaw, a miniature petting donkey used to comfort children and the elderly, during a search for a missing child in Georgia.

A new report finds that while overall salmonella rates are falling, the most severe, drug-resistant strains are rising across the US poultry industry, with the largest producers showing the highest rates.

A new executive order gives the Interior Department 90 days to decide whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves should lose their endangered species protections.

As El Niño intensifies, the world's oceans have hit record heat, fueling die-offs among sea lions, seabirds, and salmon.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sued HHS and the USDA, claiming a "secret panel" of industry insiders shaped the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines.

From the State Capitol in New York to Marshall BioResources, a 200-mile march is set to challenge the country's largest dog-breeding facility for animal testing this month.

Montana approved a wolf hunting quota higher than officials recommended, after admitting it had overestimated the wolf population for years.

After years stranded in a closed-down Argentine zoo, 30 neglected lions and tigers have finally been moved to sanctuaries in South Africa and the U.S.