Animals

Animal testing is controversial, and it's because of questions ranging from consent to suffering to the 'greater good.'

How should we determine custody of companion animals in cases of divorce? Similar to child custody? California and Alaska say yes.

While scary shark movies can be fun to watch, they negatively effect our understanding the importance of sharks in their ecosystems.

Humans want to experience the beauty of dolphins, but we don't realize how much harm we might be causing them.

In times of emergency, it's often hard for families to decide what to do with their pets. What should be our moral obligations towards our domesticated animals?

Humans have been modifying the natural world for millennia. But what is right -- the way the world was, or what we change it to be?

China's decision to permit the sale of rhino horns and tiger bones is controversial - but it's more than an ecological crisis. It's also about traditional medicine and preserving a culture.

Most Westerners are horrified at the idea of eating pet animals like cats and dogs. So why are other animals more acceptable?

Since SeaWorld's bad press, education-based theme parks have been in decline. Is all ecological education headed the same way?

New discoveries are filling in the gaps of dinosaur evolution, but will these findings need new methods of classification?