Journalist Barry Estabrook knows how to enjoy a juicy heritage pork chop. He'll also be the first to tell you what intelligent, sensitive creatures pigs are. "I had no idea how smart they were until I ...

According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Twenty-five hundred cows produce as much waste as a city the size of Miami; many new, so-called "factory" farms are larger than that. Factory farms, officially called Concentrated Animal Feeding ...

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey And that is bad news for our planet. By Matt ...

Factory farms in the Bay Area are subjecting animals to unimaginable abuse and neglect. As an animal cruelty investigator, I have seen it with my own eyes. That is why I am voting yes on DD, a ballot ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah — Two animal activists accused of breaking into a factory farm in 2018 near Milford, Utah, and stealing two pigs have been found not guilty in a unanimous jury decision. Judge ...

They were at a much higher risk of malnutrition and missed out on the joy of a fresh Sumo orange in February. By Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg The solution to pollution from industrial ...