the centerpiece (both literally and figuratively) is the slaughtered bird offered as sacrifice for the ostensibly grateful. Sadly, eating turkey on the fourth Thursday in November is simply something we do, not knowing, or caring to know, ...

Animal lovers open their home to share their collection of kangaroos, porcupines, camels and more with visitors.

An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned roundup of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month.

The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) removal plan for Nevada's Calico Complex wild mustangs is fueling outrage across the country and internationally. In a unified sign-on letter (full text below), wild horse supporters outline their opposition to

Canned hunting operations, also referred to as "shooting preserves" or "game ranches," are private trophy hunting facilities that offer their customers the opportunity to kill exotic and native animals that are trapped within enclosures. Some facilities

On November 18, 2009, American citizens and partners in Canada, the United Kingdom and South Africa, [including Animal Law Coalition] delivered the following letter to the President, Congress and the Department of the Interior. A Unified Call for an

Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in fact, it's natural.

Revealed via deep-towed cameras, sonar and other vanguard technologies, animals known to thrive in an eternal watery darkness now number 17,650, a diverse collection of species ranging from crabs to shrimp to worms.

Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York, first spotted the animal while surveying monkeys in the Magombera Forest when he disturbed a twig snake eating one.

Meet Kinyongia magomberae (the Magombera chameleon), a new species of chameleon just found in Tanzania, East Africa.