The Lives of Bees

I don’t think there is another animal on the planet considered to be as beneficial to humanity as the honey...

The Hidden World of the Fox

The Hidden World of the Fox is a concise, yet broad overview of the fox. The author, British mammal ecologist Adele...

Cat Tale

Few endangered species sagas are as complex as the fight to save the Florida panther. Journalist Craig Pittman does an...

Seven Worlds, One Planet

Seven Worlds, One Planet is a BBC docu-series that wonderfully brings the natural world of seven continents to viewers with beautiful...

One of Us

When I began my faculty position at Utah State University, one of my new colleagues was behavioral ecologist Barrie Gilbert....

Night on Earth

Night on Earth reveals the startling activity of the natural world hiding behind the dark curtain of night. From the producer...

The One and Only Bob

Bob has not had an easy life. As a puppy, he and his siblings were thrown from a truck window...

Stress and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition

The second edition of Stress and Animal Welfare describes the current understanding of how stress in humans and animals is connected to...

Every Penguin in the World

In this period of canceled travel plans and rarely venturing past one’s own front porch—if it can be helped—living vicariously...

The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals

As part of an ethnographic study, Katja Guenther—an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at UC Riverside—spent three years...

Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Companion Animals

Related News

Published: October 10, 2025

IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status Despite Industry Pressure

In Program: Terrestrial Wildlife

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released an update to its Red List of Threatened Species. The update revealed that the long-tailed...

Published: August 21, 2025

AWI Funds Research to Alleviate Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Animal Suffering

In Program: Terrestrial Wildlife

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the eight recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and...

Published: June 24, 2025

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Reintroduced to Protect Wildlife and Pets on Public Lands

In Program: Companion Animals, Terrestrial Wildlife

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)....

Published: June 2, 2025

Colorado Now Leads Country in Comprehensive Approach to Fighting Wildlife Trafficking

In Program: Terrestrial Wildlife

Today, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is unique among states for the number...