It captures the realities of factory farming that most of us live in denial of, but this documentary also glorifies what raising animals to eat should be. A friend of mine who’s a devoted carnivore ...

Jonathan Safran Foer frequently hears about his readers' eating habits. This is perhaps unusual, considering he is not a physician or a nutritionist; he's a best-selling novelist, known for, among ...

William Burroughs once explained the meaning of the title of Naked Lunch as referring to "the frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork." We are sustained by death, by the ...

Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of ...

Based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film will be released June 15. By Michael Waters Natalie Portman wants audiences to consider a simple question: Where do our eggs, dairy, and meat come ...

Restoring degraded forests can be expensive and complicated, but Brazilian researchers may have a simple technique to add to the restoration toolbox: enlisting fruit-eating animals to spread seeds. A ...

So what are critics saying about this new documentary from the acclaimed novelist and Hollywood movie star? Here’s a look at the early word: Most of the critics agree that Eating Animals succeeds in ...

Every year, zoos across the country celebrate the fall season by offering animals pumpkins as snacks and enrichment. The Oregon Zoo has outdone themselves by kicking off the 2022 pumpkin season with a ...

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Little, Brown and Company, 352 pages, $25.99. As a novelist, Jonathan Safran Foer writes with a certain whimsy about violence. In “Everything Is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” ...