Kieseler et al. show that three Octopus bimaculoides learned to move to a reward site using a mirror. Octopuses climbing the start-chamber wall indicates integration of spatial mapping of mirror cues ...

Fairer Fields is a new organization that works to make agriculture more humane for all by accelerating better agricultural practices for animals, people, and the world. We are currently:…

The Royal Entomological Society’s Insect Welfare and Best Practice video series covers the rise of insect ethics review in the UK, the scientific, institutional, and ethical considerations behind it,…

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Featuring Jesi Gibbs, M.S. in Marine Biology, College of Charleston

Summary: Bumblebees rapidly learn to avoid aversive stimuli and remain flexible when an unpleasant taste is used as reinforcer, but a nociceptive stimulus reinforces avoidance behaviour such that beha...

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Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects

"Amateur" entomologists, arachnologists, and others contribute significant knowledge through their biological recording and collections work, recording species occurrences, range shifts, and…

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Triphan et al. show flies seeking the sensation of repeated, play-like carousel visits, even if two carousels provide spatially and temporally dissociated spinning. They propose how this voluntary pas...

A new review on "puddling" in butterflies details current knowledge on this nutrient-gathering behavior and how much remains unknown about why they gather.

Establishing if insects feel pain can have far-reaching consequences for insect husbandry, commercial pollination and scientific research. Research in this field therefore requires careful experiments...

Terrestrial arthropods like insects are among the most abundant animals on our planet. New research suggests that some of these animals, especially at the adult life stage, may be sentient. If they ca...

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The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.

An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically

Insect Research Practices and Ethics in the UK Share Your Experience on Ethics Applications Are you a researcher working with insects? We need your insights! The Royal Entomological Society is conduct...

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The evidence that insects feel pain is mounting, however we approach the issue.