When we think of adopting or buying pets, our minds usually go straight to cats and dogs. But farm animals like chickens, ...

Countless dirty secrets swirl around the way animals on factory farms live, but an even uglier one may be the way they sometimes die. “If everyone had to work a day in a meatpacking plant, these ...

Why do animals eat their own poop—and other animals’ too? This natural survival strategy, known as coprophagy, reveals how wildlife makes the most of every available resource.