Domesticated animals are animals that have been selectively bred and genetically adapted over generations to live alongside humans. They are genetically distinct from their wild ancestors or cousins.

The relationships human societies have with animals aren’t fixed, but vary according to era, culture, territory and customs. Whaling, which has been practised since the ninth century and was ...

Animal research’s benefits are clear – but public awareness of what it involves is not. Javier Pierini/DigitalVision via Getty Images A proposed measure in Switzerland would have made that country the ...