In recent years, animal welfare science has made substantial progress in developing and validating assessment protocols for traditional livestock species.

Play is important for animals in captivity, both as an indicator of their emotional states and as a contributor to their long ...

A groundbreaking study has quantified, for the first time, the extent of heat stress endured by cows in South America.

As dairy farms automate and scale up, milking can sound less like a quiet barn and more like a factory floor. Researchers are testing whether adding music back into that soundscape can change how cows ...

Recent advances in technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) present vast potential to improve animal health and welfare by enabling novel methods for monitoring, detection, treatment and ...

Detail that zoochosis can come from a variety of factors, including social isolation, small enclosures, noisy visitors, and lack of enrichment. Explore how zoos are working to reduce zoochosis through ...

Dr. Sheila Segurson is the director of community solutions for Maddie's Fund, a national family foundation for animal welfare based in California for animal welfare. Segurson is the first in the ...

SINGAPORE - Animal cruelty and welfare cases saw a dip in 2025 from a 12-year high the previous year, though the majority of them continued to involve poor welfare or neglect.

Animal behaviour and, as a result, animal welfare are increasingly complex areas of study, with the diversity of the animal kingdom and new research findings ensuring there is no one, easy answer.

It is necessary to assess, for each farm animal species and each housing system, whether animal welfare is at risk in any way if the behaviour observed differs from the behaviour that would occur in a ...

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...