What’s it like to be a rabbit?
12 December 2019
Julia Wrathall reveals the fascinating science of an unsung creature. You’ll never see Flopsy bunny in the same light again
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Eating animals is a choice we are all entitled to make but we should at least do so with consideration of their lives and deaths
A more humane way of slaughtering chickens might get EU approval
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A new system that apparently kills chickens without distress by lowering the air pressure could soon be approved in Europe, offering a humane death for billions of birds
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In 2015, biologists noticed that some ants laze about while their peers are busy – a fresh look suggests the lazy ants might produce eggs for the others to eat
