International Animal Rights Day 2025 highlights global efforts to protect animals from cruelty. Know its history, ...

A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

University of Dayton Assistant Professor of Environmental History Daniel Vandersommers is using animal history to examine a storied American institution in his new book, Entangled Encounters at the ...

The connection between people and their furry besties is played out, in thousands of photos, videos, and posts, each and every day online. It's clear that humans cherish their tail-rocking, paw-cute, ...

Humans have been obsessed with animals (and their potential for mayhem/ awesomeness) since long before we had cat memes. And so it makes sense that history's most important animals tend to be defined ...

While nonhuman animals (animals) have played a large role in many aspects of human history, most traditional historical works either give them passing coverage or ignore them totally. 1 That is among ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Liz P.Y. Chee vividly remembers the first time she visited a bear farm. It was 2009, and Chee, who was working for a Singapore-based animal welfare group, ...