Source: Gleive Marcio Rodrigues de Souza/Pexels. I've long been interested in what nonhuman animals (animals) know and feel about death and dying including if they know when others are dying. 1 I'm ...

Human beings are often said to be the only animals who truly have a “mind” in the way that term is commonly used. But that view has been challenged over the past several decades. That challenge arises ...

The death of a hummingbird used in research has landed UC Riverside in hot water with the federal government for a third time in three years over evidence of animal welfare abuses. The U.S. Department ...

Washington, DC—More than 1.5 million farmed animals perished in barn fires in 2024, accounting for 60% of the deaths reported in the last three years, according to an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) ...

The post Animals That Fake Their Own Death appeared first on A-Z Animals. Running, fighting, and hiding are not the only ways animals escape. Some take a much more dramatic approach. They go ...

Part of the charge to the committee was to examine scientifically the causes of recent animal deaths at the zoo. The committee evaluated available documentation on the care provided to 33 animals at ...

Many animals survive predation by running, fighting, or hiding. However, some take a much stranger approach: they play dead. This odd behavior is known as thanatosis or tonic immobility. The strategy ...