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When Peter Singer first published Animal Liberation in 1975, he wasn’t aware of climate change. But the new book, Animal Liberation Now, argues eating plants will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Public acceptance of killing urban wild animals varies.
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Here’s what determines if a problematic wild animal is saveable or cullable.
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Some of the most important discoveries made in health and genetic science are thanks to the humble fruit fly.
Studies suggest up to 50 per cent of dogs are afraid of fireworks.
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Fireworks can frighten wild and domestic animals, start wildfires and affect some people’s mental health.
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Having special foot adaptations helped these sizeable animals wander long distances, which meant a better chance to find plentiful food and water.
There are associations between interactions with dogs, personality characteristics, and owners’ sense of well-being.
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Companion dogs respond to their environments and their owners’ sense of well-being. When owners are stressed and anxious, dogs can exhibit undesirable behaviours.
Even solitary animals, like the octopus, learn survival tricks from other animals.
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How the social lives of animals help them survive.
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Our motives for classifying animals may be more about guilt than curiosity.
Accusations of animal cruelty have dogged the Grand National for years.
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The horse race is likely to be disrupted by activists from the Extinction Rebellion offshoot.
Eventually weather, pests and disease will take their toll, but the story doesn’t end there.
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Even in death, a tree helps others live.
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This new study could help researchers understand conditions such as autism and help fight climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of AI.
Pigeons are a key source of food for the peregrine falcon.
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Lockdown wasn’t good news for London’s peregrine falcons.
A survey found six in 10 pet-owning workers left their job for a pet-friendly workplace and seven in 10 were willing to trade pay for a pet-friendly office.
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The rising number of pets — and their importance to their owners — has prompted organizations to respond to the growing demographic of pet-owning employees.
Bird boxes and insect homes built into wall design.
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Our lives are intertwined with animals, insects and birds – we should consider them more when we design our cities.
A global study of urban clover reveals that it is adapting quickly to city life.
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Animals and plants living in cities are more likely to thrive when they are able to quickly adapt to urban conditions.
Wild birds like pelicans and ducks are getting infected with – and dying from – a new strain of avian influenza and have spread it to farm animals around the world.
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A biologist who studies how viruses spread from animals to people explains the process of spillover and the risks posed by the new bird flu that has spread across the globe.
Brushtail possums were caught on camera eating the flesh of a dead kangaroo.
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When they set up remote cameras throughout the bush, scientists were not expecting to capture these small marsupials scavenging for flesh.
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It was assumed snakes didn’t have a clitoris – now it turns out they have two.
The battle for power in the animal world isn’t always about brute force.
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Life can be a struggle for power – not just for people but for nonhuman animals, too. An animal behaviorist explains how this quest can be more Shakespearean drama than boxing match.
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If we go far enough back in time, we all share an ancestor. And some of the features found in our bones and bodies today are a testament to that.