So, as Americans shifted toward eating animal species that are smaller in size, the total number of animals raised on US factory farms shot up.

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As a teenager in the 1970s, I worked on a typical dairy farm in England. Fifty cows grazed on lush pastures for most of their long lives, each producing about 12 liters of milk daily. They were ...

Domestic animal overpopulation is undeniable. It occurs locally, nationally and globally. Measures to address the matter have evolved over the years. But certainly, ending the need for euthanasia in ...

The Ventura County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for dogs until July 13 as its shelters reach overcapacity.

One of the most sweeping analyses of animals using numbers has revealed it’s a widespread—and likely vital—skill in nature.

These animals are being farmed and eaten in increasingly massive numbers around the world, with both fish and shrimp typically confined in crowded, disease-ridden ponds or tanks that animal ...

Texas floods devastate, claiming dozens of lives and impacting wildlife. Learn how you can help victims, human and animal, navigate the crisis.

In 2024, 262,101 laboratory animals were used at the Max Planck Institutes. This figure includes 111,347 animals that were used to obtain organ or tissue samples and were not subjected to any stress ...

As livestock numbers grow, wild animal populations plummet by Clive Phillips, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

As our domesticated herds grow, wildlife is becoming rarer and rarer. Rethinking our responsibilities to animals will be hard – but essential.

As wilder areas shrink, the chance of another animal virus spillover into humans increases . The habitat available for many wild animals has shrunk rapidly in recent decades.