Marius Gilbert, a geospatial analyst at the University of Brussels, and ten colleagues from around the world have published a paper that tracks how the raising of farmed animals shifts from extensive husbandry to intensive systems as a country's per capita GDP rises. A summary...
Introduction Recent articles defending or examining animal research are common in North America and Europe, but much less common from scientists in the Global South. Mario Treviño and Oscar Arias-Carrión from Mexico are exceptions to that rule and have produced an excellent analysis of the current...
It is now widely accepted that sharing one's home with a companion animal, especially a dog, confers both organic and mental health benefits on the humans in the pet-owning household. This recognition of the health benefits of companion animals has been shaped by marketing campaigns...
India's tiger recovery is one of the most closely watched conservation stories in the world. The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation reported 2,967 tigers in 2018 -- roughly three-quarters of the world's wild tiger population -- and marked a major milestone: India had...
For animals in distress, the fate of a single animal can remove geopolitical borders, render differing ideologies unimportant, connect disparate institutions, and create coalitions that would not otherwise collaborate. From Cold War adversaries to today's networks of scientists, policymakers, and private actors, responses to animals...
In the 1960s, residents of the Hout Bay suburb in Cape Town would occasionally hear baboons calling from the mountains above the village. The males produced a deep, guttural "bogom" sound. Visitors to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve who parked at the end...
Modern agriculture has been very successful at delivering cheap food to dining room tables around the world, but there are growing concerns about some of the external costs associated with intensive agricultural systems. For example, no fewer than 11 journalists at the New York Times...
Australia is rapidly becoming the global test case for intensive cat management. While debates about how best to manage pet and outdoor cats continue in many parts of the world, Australia is actively researching and implementing management strategies at both national and local levels. Increasingly,...
A New Frontier in Brain Science and Ethics Recent advances in stem-cell biology have enabled scientists to grow organoids—three-dimensional clusters of human cells that mimic aspects of real organs. Among these, brain organoids stand out. These lab-grown neural tissues offer unprecedented insight into human brain development...
Should we exercise—and if so, how much and how hard? Over the past four decades, research has consistently shown that physical activity contributes to longer life. Yet questions remain about the intensity of exercise, the types of activity that matter most, and how emerging environmental...
