Fish often avoid intense stimuli, but scientists and animal welfare groups have long debated whether fish can feel pain. So is there an answer? Animal rights organization PETA claims on its website ...

What must it feel like to be a fish — to glide weightlessly through the sea, to draw breath from water, to be (if one is lucky) oblivious to the parched terrestrial world above? Maybe you suspect ...

A new book titled Do fish feel pain? by the renowned scientist, Victoria Braithwaite, is a very important read for those interested in the general topic of pain in animals, especially because it has ...

Oh no, it's those darned sentient fishes once again "I have argued that there is as much evidence that fish feel pain and suffer as there is for birds and mammals — and more than there is for human ...

As you sit and watch a goldfish swim in its bowl or a school of fish glide effortlessly through the open sea, you can’t help ...

The problem -- What is pain and why does it hurt? -- Bee stings and vinegar : the evidence that fish feel pain -- Suffer the little fishes? -- Drawing the line -- Why it took so long to ask the fish ...

ANSWER: Whether or not fish feel pain has been debated for years. Google “do fish feel pain,” and you’ll find answers and opinions all over the place. The balance of scientific opinion says yes, but ...

Not too long ago I got a call from a fishing buddy asking what I had been doing lately. This sort of inquiry, from this particular friend, while somewhat social in nature, generally meant that he was ...

We tend to credit animals like cats and dogs with a certain degree of mental complexity. But fish aren't usually afforded that kind of praise. "They do not talk, they do not bark," says Caio Maximino, ...