This post is in response to 'Are Wild Animals Always Happier Than Captive Animals?' By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Can captive animals be happy? In a recent Psychology Today post, Marc Bekoff cites Janis Joplin ...

Conservationists often raise the young of endangered species in captivity before releasing them into suitable habitats as ...

Our purpose here is simply to call attention to the fact that studies on captive animals who are living under unnatural conditions and unknowingly stressed can produce misleading results and it's not ...

What California Just Did for Killer Whales Has Animal Lovers Paying Attention ...

More than 2,300 endangered tigers have been killed and illegally trafficked since the turn of the century, according to a report published Tuesday, urging more action to protect the giant cats.

Why did the Alaska Sealife Center send a walrus calf to Seaworld Orlando, a location known to hold whales and dolphins captive for entertainment purposes? Are we really “saving” an animal if we just ...

Inside a subzero freezer at a Northern California pet hospital sit rows of carefully labeled bags of fresh frozen plasma. Each pouch could save a pet’s life: a retriever that ingested poison, a corgi ...

Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals that normally travel long distances each day in the wild.

Our study found that masturbation is widespread across birds with a strong evolutionary history, meaning that it’s an ancient ...

Last weekend, a woman was mauled by a lioness at Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland, and lost her arm. The zoo, which keeps nine lions, has been operating for 20 years and had never experienced an ...