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A new study reveals elephants are more like humans than we realized. What does that mean for the movement for their rights?
House Republicans are working to make America's factory farms even crueler.
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
How centuries of milk marketing warped the way we think about dairy and nutrition.
It’s not as complicated as it seems, but there’s one key hurdle.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat. Why did Democratic Sen. John Fetterman lend his support?
The US Department of Agriculture’s failed response to bird flu in cows, explained.
Your taxes fundan obscure government program that kills millions of wild animals to benefit Big Ag.
The delightful abundance of going vegan.
How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.
It’s a lot sooner than you think.
Meat giant JBS said it’ll reach net zero emissions by 2040. LOL.
Factory farms are now so big that we need a new word for them.
The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small.
Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.
What a plant-based diet can and cannot do for you, explained by Netflix’s You Are What You Eat.
The case against pets, what Oppenheimergot wrong, and the magic of meditation.
Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not.
We failed to prepare, and now animals are paying the price.
From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.
Maybe your cat loves you. Maybe it would kill you if it could.
The mixed messages kids get about meat — and how we should think about them — explained by the Chicken Run movies.
Whales and dolphins are smart, social, and thrive in the open sea. Why do we force them to live in tiny pools?
Why there should be more collaboration in cellular agriculture.
Meat and dairy are driving the climate crisis. Why won’t world leaders at COP28 do anything about it?
Meet the scientist democratizing the cell-cultivated meat sector and training its next generation of researchers.
The US veterinary profession props up factory farm cruelty. A coalition of vets is fighting to change that.
For the APEX Advocacy founder, moral consistency means championing the rights of all.
High-tech methods of chemical testing are helping get animals out of labs.
If you’re going to break the law in order to change it, you need a good lawyer.
The lawyer helped spearhead California’s Prop 12, one of the most effective cage laws in the country.
At just 17, Butler is drawing attention to the connections between animal rights and the climate crisis.
Fish are often overlooked in animal welfare debates. Lopez is trying to change that.
How Germany’s meat-centric culture is becoming more humane — and vegan-friendly.
A new investigation reveals how the company behind the White House turkey pardon — and the rest of the industry — really treats its birds.
California could send a man to prison for 3.5 years for rescuing factory-farmed animals. Where does the movement go from here?
How Esther the Wonder Pig put a face to factory farming.
Almost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it.
Why the UK is banning the American XL bully.
Zoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true?
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