In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

Just as AI and other cutting-edge tools create unprecedented opportunities for understanding and protecting nonhuman animals, they also pose serious risks of further manipulation and exploitation.

The use of animals in science research has a long-storied history of success; almost every modern-day medical drug or treatment was either first developed or discovered through the use of animals.

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

Human beings are not animals. Or, at least, we’re not animals in the way those animals are. Children are chided for eating like pigs; brawling teenagers are discouraged from fighting like cats and ...