What, when, and how do nonhuman animals feel? Source: Gundula Vogel/Pixabay. In late 2015, a new journal was founded that dedicated itself to the investigation of animal sentience: that is, the ...

If you aren’t yet worried about the multitude of ways you inadvertently inflict suffering onto other living creatures, you will be after reading The Edge of Sentience by Jonathan Birch. And for good ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and insects were seen as simple creatures that reacted purely on instinct. But ...

Do animals feel love, anger, or empathy? Researchers have long dismissed such ideas as anthropomorphism, arguing that attributing human emotions to animals was unscientific. But as we learn more about ...

A recent study commissioned by the United Kingdom confirms what Swiss scientists determined in 2018: lobsters, crabs, and octopuses are sentient creatures. This means crustaceans and cephalopods can ...

Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda promoted the reform of Article 7, which now recognizes animals as sentient beings in the state’s Constitution—an unprecedented move that ...

In late 2005, five months after a car accident, a 23-year-old woman lay unresponsive in a hospital bed. She had a severe brain injury and showed no sign of awareness. But when researchers scanning her ...