EU welfare standards for laying hens due to come into force this week will ban conventional 'barren' battery cages from 2012. However, the agriculture department in Britain, DEFRA, is set to do ...

Layer hens typically are housed in sheds the lengths of football fields in long rows of battery cages, which are stacked several tiers high. The small cages hens live in are termed “battery cages.” A ...

Researchers at Cornell have engineered a groundbreaking porous crystal using a unique fusion of macrocycle and molecular cage ...

Sinergia Animal's report reveals that many Asian companies may not meet their 2025 commitments to eliminate battery-cage eggs. About 50 of 78 surveyed companies fall short on pledges, but a positive ...

Startup Clone Robotics has created an ultra-creepy humanoid torso with artificial muscles that are activated through a battery-powered hydraulic system and covered in ghostly-white "skin." ...

ONE hundred ex-battery hens have been rescued in Warrington and are looking for their forever home. Animal rescue charity Warrington Animal Welfare has appealed to find new homes for the ‘lovely hens’ ...

Concerning piling, great care should be taken when walking in a cage-free barn so as to not startle the birds into a state of ...

RSPCA WA has commended the WA Government for its plans to embed the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry into state ...

Multiple iPhone units stored for forensic analysis have rebooted themselves, causing concern among law enforcement officials ...

They included dense crowding; confinement in “colony cages” that hold 50-60 birds (an acknowledged improvement over the battery cages, holding a handful of birds, that were allowed in ...

Researchers have developed a compact, wearable ultrasound device that monitors muscle activity. Attachable to the skin with an adhesive and powered by a small battery, the device wirelessly captures ...