A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

Animal welfare is a high priority for pet owners and accredited zoos and aquariums. Current approaches to measuring welfare focus on identifying consensus among behavioral and physiological indicators ...

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — Animals at the Smithsonian National Zoo see people around them all the time, and they interact with zookeepers and veterinarians. But in no way are these animals domesticated. In ...

Increased public concern about farm animal welfare is driving both legislative initiatives and market forces to change how sows are housed and managed. This study investigated the use and preference ...

Zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals, new research suggests. Zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals, new research suggests ...

The authors examined the effects of cage size and enrichment on mouse breeding performance and behavior. Breeding trios of C57BL/6Tac mice were housed in cages of two different sizes ('standard' and ...

Have you enjoyed a new book, video game, puzzle or even a new recipe lately? That means you have enjoyed something called enrichment. Enrichment is anything new or different that is introduced to an ...

Zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals, new research suggests. The use of "environmental enrichment" (giving animals stimulating environments) has become ...