Greg Lewbart, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University The Phasmatodea (stick bugs and leaf insects) are an interesting and diverse group of terrestrial…

Tools for applying INSTAR (INvertebrate Standards for Treatment And Reporting), an 18-item reporting standard for invertebrate welfare in research.

Veterinarians are gingerly embracing the honeybee, a vital pollinator for agriculture but one that’s in increasing danger.

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 ...

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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:…

Interest in insect welfare continues to grow, and the conversation doesn't stop at Ento26. From our upcoming Insects as Food & Feed Conference to other events, collaborations and new CPD opportunities currently in development from the RES, there are plenty of ways to stay involved in insect science and welfare 🪰 Watch this space!

Purpose: The Insect Welfare Research Society aims to encourage graduate student scholars engaging in evidence-based, theoretically-grounded research on any aspect of insect or understudied…

This study highlights the importance of substrate selection in mitigating inversion risk and promoting righting behavior in scarab beetles. We recommend a heterogeneous substrate composition incorpor...

Kate Lynch | Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy in Science Thomas White | Associate Professor University of Sydney One way to make inferences about animal sentience is through behaviour. Pain…

What Counts as Uncertainty? Insect Welfare, Epistemic Closure and the Structural Limits of EU Novel Food Risk Assessment

Published: 02 July 2026. Insects play an essential and diverse role in research. They are used to study ecology, behaviour, evolution, agriculture, animal health, human health and emerging food system...

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,…

Bees respond to tasty treats or plain water based on context, a study that may provide support for establishing insect sentience shows

These highly sentient creatures have weak protections for their well-being. That must change.

PhD Project - Developing, Testing and Validating Indicators of Wild Insect Welfare at University of Lincoln, listed on FindAPhD.com

Enhancing the Welfare of Feeder Animals in Zoos.

We aim to send you occasional updates about how we are enriching the world with insect science, and how you can be involved. We hope you enjoy them. We have four e-newsletters – one for supporters,…

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Abstract. The possibility that insects experience pain is a frontier question at the intersection of behaviour, cognition and philosophy of mind. Interest

Authors: Jarosław Sobolewski, Jagoda Jeleniewska, Roman Kołacz

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

RES Members and Fellows get a 20% discount on the APC! Visit our journals page for info.

Problem-solving using novel solutions without explicit training is often considered a hallmark of cognitive flexibility. We investigated whether bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) could solve a novel obj...

Approaches in Entomology: Methods, Philosophies, and Ethics is a Royal Entomological Society journal dedicated to advancing insect science, and entomological research methods and philosophies.

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...

Many animal choices are economic, requiring the evaluation of costs and benefits. However, as in humans and other vertebrates, the behaviour of insects often deviates from economic rationality due to…

The octopus on your plate can feel pain, delay gratification, and probably outthink a toddler. Just something to consider before you order.

IWRS travel grants support students and early-career researchers presenting invertebrate welfare and sentience science at prominent conferences and events in entomology, animal behavior, animal…