Europe is often viewed as one of the world's most developed continents, with dense populations, extensive infrastructure, and landscapes shaped by centuries of human activity. Yet hidden within its ...

People marching while holding a sign that says “End animal experiments!", with people holding other signs in the background. A demonstration in England on World Day for Laboratory Animals. Despite ...

Many plants rely on animals to carry their seeds to distant places to reduce competition and also to increase their range. In this new effort, the research team wondered what sort of impact plants in ...

A new analysis of 14,669 threatened species of plants and animals found in Europe reveals that about one fifth face the risk of extinction, and that agricultural land-use change poses a significant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. A rabbit photographed as part of a Compassion in World Farming ...

In the summer of 2021, Europe was poised to embark on a groundbreaking animal welfare revolution. European Union policymakers pledged to phase out cages for 300 million farmed animals. This ambitious ...

Certain species have been filmed emitting strange alarm-type sounds. Animals are literally raising the alarm. Certain species, reported in a new video released today by WWF, Birdlife, EEB and Friends ...

The police in Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands say they suspect a fraud network of faking identities and duplicating microchips for hundreds of horses.

The Crau Plain Grasshopper (Prionotropis rhodanica) is Critically Endangered and endemic to the Crau steppe in southern France. It is threatened by changes in the grazing regime of its habitat. A new ...