We talk to animal studies PhD student Simon Kleinert about his tattoos and how they reflect on veganism and the fight for animal liberation.

FACT CHECK: Whether or not insects can feel pain is subject to debate due to the fact that there’s no tangible way of measuring it. Here, we look at the scientific evidence...

Marking the release of our latest video - Is insect farming the answer? - in the first of a series on insect agriculture, Claire Hamlett gives us a breakdown of the big players who stand to make the most from farming invertebrates.

A recent BBC story describes how grazing cattle are helping the rare pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly to thrive in a Scottish forest. While large grazing herbivores do play a role in keeping some ecosystems healthy and supporting other species, do they need to be ones that will end up on someone’s plate?

Breaking news: the animal agriculture industry is lying to us about climate change. For those of you who follow us, this will be yesterday’s news, but for others, it will come as somewhat of a surprise to learn that ten of the world’s top companies and industry groups are borrowing tactics from the tobacco industry to deliberately ‘obfuscate the science’.

In response to the recent revelation that some Subway tuna sandwiches contained no trace of tuna DNA, plant-based ‘seafood’ brand Good Catch has taken to the streets of London in its OurWay food to hand out free fish-free subs in a direct challenge to the sandwich chain.

Animal and environmental justice group Animal Rebellion has targeted McDonald’s once again to demand it commit to transitioning to a plant-based menu by 2025. Activists have blockaded the fast-food giant’s only burger factory in the UK, disrupting the supply of three million cow patties per day to its UK franchises.

A coalition of more than 20 animal and conservation organisations from around the world have signed an open declaration calling for urgent action including a drastic change in consumer attitudes towards fish and other marine species caught or farmed for our consumption.

More than a billion marine animals have cooked to death due to the intense heatwave that battered western Canada at the end of June. Here are the links between commercial fishing and the climate crisis.

Why am I, a Surge team member, even taking a course on dairy production? Let’s wind back a bit to the beginning of the story.

News recently broke of draft legislation that would ban the keeping of elephants in UK zoos. Unfortunately, following clarification from environment minister Zac Goldsmith, Defra has no such plans, yet ‘inside sources’ have hinted at growing concern within the government about zoos with a report on elephant welfare imminent.