Global progress for farm animals: Major companies pledged to phase out battery cages, with some companies pledging to eliminate gestation crates at the same time. These companies include McDonald’s, ...

Bjorn smiles as he poses with a Owl butterfly during an event to launch the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum; Larry the Downing Street as he cat sits on the steps of 10 ...

Many say 2016 has been the worst year ever, but these amazing animal news stories may change your mind Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

From "Game of Thrones" and "Fleabag" to "High Maintenance" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," these critters made the most impact on our TVs this year. Animals live among us, often with us, some despite our ...

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Ralph Nader about the minds of nonhuman animals (animals). In this wide-ranging interview called “The Minds of Animals” we talked about what we know about ...

When you write about animals full-time — which is a wonderful gig — it’s easy to end up telling depressing stories of death, cruelty and neglect. Sure, I could focus my energies on inspiring tales of ...

As 2016 comes to a close, animal lovers should rejoice that the past year was full of incredibly heartwarming and hilarious stories about our furry friends and co-inhabitants of our planet. Take a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post Sure, there was a pretty crazy U.S. election this year, and a seeming flood of celebrity deaths, and very terrible ...

There’s no getting around it: 2016 has been a wild year. We’re referring, of course, to the wealth of awe-inspiring, bizarre, and controversial animal videos we’ve shared over the last 12 months, ...

Every year there are tons of animation films that spotlight our furry friends. This year we got Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets and Sing (if you can even tell the last two apart), not to mention ...