A new NIH program will allocate the funding to 10 groups over five years to examine the impact of ableism on health outcomes.

The Spanish government has announced plans to ban harmful experiments on great apes as part of a wider initiative to give ...

Colorado's Supreme Court will consider the rights of five zoo elephants after activists call for their release.

The Colorado Supreme Court will soon decide whether animals have bodily liberty and whether a "next friend" can file a lawsuit on their behalf. A lawsuit filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project will be ...

The future home for elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs will be up for discussion this month in the ...

Activists rallied on Sunday in Denver ahead of an Oct. 24 hearing with the Colorado Supreme Court, arguing that five ...

The Colorado Supreme Court will soon decide whether animals have bodily liberty and whether a "next friend" can file a lawsuit on their behalf. A lawsuit filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project will be ...

The burning question throughout most of my academic research has been centered on the nature of human rights: What makes ... and so ethics for nonhuman creatures must be placed on equal or even ...

Our editors on the exhibitions (and more) they’re looking forward to this month, from Samuel Beckett's teleplays to the 38th ...

What would the world look like if legal systems rendered decisions based on what was best for the integrity of ecosystems? A ...

Image via Instagram The drama around a Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy continues. Finally, the Bronx elephant resurfaced after ...

Happy the Asian elephant has been one of main attractions at the Bronx zoo since arriving in 1977. But visitors claim she has ...