Science and common sense show diverse animals are feeling beings who care about what happens to themselves and others, and ...

Artificial intelligence research has accelerated in recent years, and people are interacting with AI more frequently. In-home AI assistants and self-driving cars were once things out of science ...

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 ...

The research, led by World Animal Protection elephant expert and wildlife veterinarian Dr Jan Schmidt-Burbach, assessed 236 tourism venues housing 2,849 elephants across Thailand between February 2024 ...

The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer? —Jeremy Bentham, 1789 Source: Philip Tedeschi, with permission. It’s time to stop wondering if nonhuman animals (animals ...