Global warming is already altering America's natural heritage and threatening wildlife, from sea birds to sea turtles to butterflies to sugar maples.

Animal advocates grumble sometimes about the people who refuse to make the connection, who do their best not to think about where their "food" comes from, about the specific, individual animals who were brutally killed before bits of their bodies landed

Sometimes you have to see to believe. Here are some of the most compelling, intelligent, and moving animal rights videos currently available, including Earthlings; Dr. Tom Regan; Goldfinger music videos; Tribe of Heart trailers; a vegan video and more.

Gov. Schwarzenegger went out of his way to disparage an anti-cruelty bill that has nothing to do with his budget. It simply stops the painful practice of tail-docking of dairy cows, an archaic mutilation procedure. He's acting like a demagogue and a bully

Schools torched. Classrooms hit with poison gas. Acid thrown in their faces. Girls risk life and limb to learn even as attacks by insurgents mount. You can help: The Afghan Women Empowerment Act would fund educational opportunities and keep them safe.

An infant chimpanzee seized in Africa for the US Air Force in the 1950s, Marty was recruited into the military's air and space research program, paving the way for America's first manned spaceflight in 1961 and, ultimately, the Apollo 11 moon landing.

If you've EVER had a CAT....hehe

Along a dirt road on the border of Lonoke and Prairie counties, Saving Grace Horse Rescue is nurturing back to health some of the most severe cases of animal neglect in central Arkansas

WCS researcher Emma Stokes recounts the discovery of 125,000 gorillas in Northern Congo.