More than 16 200 injured wild animals have passed through Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital over the last eight years ...

A new study examines indicators of mental wellbeing in wild animals to improve conservation efforts. A world-first holistic framework for assessing the mental and psychological wellbeing of wild ...

Domesticated animals are animals that have been selectively bred and genetically adapted over generations to live alongside humans. They are genetically distinct from their wild ancestors or cousins.

Many domestic animals can prosper in the wild despite having adapted to thousands of years in captivity. This phenomenon offers an interesting window into the process of adaptation to natural ...

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose." –Janis Joplin For many years I've been thinking about whether wild nonhuman animals (animals) are always happier than captive animals of their ...

Tara K. Miller received funding from the National Science Foundation. Richard B. Primack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Credit...Photographs by Peter Fisher for The New York Times Supported by By Emma Marris Ms. Marris is an environmental writer and the author of the forthcoming book ...