For decades, animal welfare science focused primarily on reducing suffering. Researchers measured stress hormones, injury rates, illness, and signs of fear to determine whether animals were being ...

Strong methods do exist for measuring animal movement in the context of energy expenditure, but these are limited by the physical size of the equipment used. Now, in a paper published in the Journal ...

Scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming. Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of ...

Pairing video with simple, lab-based oxygen measurements vastly expands the study of movement energy in ecology, physiology, and beyond Energy scarcity is a central driver of animal behavior and ...

Q. My brother (a basketball player) says giraffes are the biggest land animals because they are the tallest. How do scientists determine what the biggest animals are? A. Scientists, as well as people ...

Q. My brother (a basketball player) says giraffes are the biggest land animals because they are the tallest. How do scientists determine what the biggest animals are? A. Scientists, as well as people ...

It’s well-established in psychology that if you experience trauma as a child, chances are it’ll impact your physical and mental health as an adult, and could even affect your economic status. In ...

Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences recently celebrated the opening of its latest leap toward creating environmental sustainability for the dairy industry: a suite of ...