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> A fossil hominin cranium was discovered in mid-Pliocene deltaic strata in the Godaya Valley of the northwestern Woranso-Mille study area in Ethiopia. Here we show that analyses o…

> why would animals in wild suffer more than in captivity? Not necessarily more in every case but they do suffer in many different ways. Nonhuman animals in the wild are routinely …

If they don't exist they can't be harmed by not being brought into existence; since there is no one there to suffer a deprivation.

Abstract >Predator-induced fear is both, one of the most common stressors employed in animal model studies of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and a major focus of research i…

>I've generally been opposed to the whole concept of animal "rights", as opposed to having laws that prevent humans from abusing animals, which I support. Animals having "rights" w…

> That makes the silly assumption that all organisms are equal Where does it do that?

Rethink Priorities (which focuses on foundational research on neglected causes) has carried out a massive amount of research recently on invertebrate welfare and sentience. Their f…

Brian Tomasik argues that we should avoid insect farming entirely since it's likely worse (ethically speaking) than farming larger nonhuman animals: > Entomophagy (eating insects f…

It's not a zero-sum game, we can recognise and work to solve both issues simultaneously. Tomasik's recommendations are moderate: > Given how many insects each of us harms or helps …