Did you know that octopuses build cities and form cultures? Following on with our coverage of World Aquatic Animal Day, we’re drawing attention to a fascinating article by Kristin Andrews, a professor of Philosophy at York University, Canada, whose research into subaquatic suburbias demonstrates the hidden sentience of octopuses.

Animal activists working to thwart the unscrupulous and highly suspicious plans of a notorious UK rabbit farm operator have won a great victory this week. Claire Hamlett reports on the win and gives us a rundown of the saga so far.

Following multiple investigations into Britain's biggest duck producer, Gressingham Foods, Animal Justice Project has launched a new campaign with one aim - to bring an end to duck farming in the UK. Ayrton Cooper, Campaigns Manager at AJP, tells us how they’ll be putting extra pressure on an already dwindling industry.

Scientists are trying to determine whether labelling can trick conscientious consumers into buying the dead body parts of chickens fed with algae and insects in a bid to make farming them more sustainable. But is it yet another quick fix to get around the real issues? Claire Hamlett reports.

BREAKING NEWS: In a bumper week for Animal Rebellion affiliated actions, student activists this morning dropped banners at three of London’s leading universities to raise awareness of the link between animal agriculture and the climate crisis as part of the Plant-based Universities campaign.

SPECIAL REPORT: With Russia and Ukraine exporting much of the world’s wheat and maize, food security has become one of the most pressing international issues to arise from the crisis. Claire Hamlett brings together a comprehensive range of analyses to explain how players within the agricultural industries are seeking to take advantage of the uncertainty.

POSITIVE NEWS: Power to the people, or rather power to the vegans! The Vegan Land Movement (VLM) has revealed that its latest crowdfunded land buy-out actually blocked the plans of two chicken farmers, one of whom was looking to build a facility with a turnaround of an estimated 20,000 birds per year.

On Monday night the BBC aired an episode of its investigative documentary show Panorama entitled ‘A Cow’s Life: The True Cost of Milk?’ The reaction from viewers has been huge and heartening, while that of the dairy industry has been furious but rather more predictable.

BLOG: Obviously, but we all know “Sir” Mark won’t despite video evidence of him whipping an uncooperative horse. With Kurt Zouma’s cat abuse still fresh in our memories, this begs the question, should sports personalities lose more over their treatment of animals?

INVESTIGATION: Jumping up and down on a dead cow, repeatedly running over another, and bins of rotting carcasses left open to wildlife and the elements - all these are just some of the shocking scenes revealed by covert investigators.

NEWS: On Tuesday, the Scrap Factory Farming campaign (SFF) went to court to ask a judge to grant a judicial review into the government’s failure to consider evidence that keeping animals in intensive farming conditions is a serious risk for the emergence of new zoonotic diseases and antibiotic resistance. Today, the judge refused to grant the review. SFF plans to appeal the decision.

How is an unlikely increase in the demand for crocodile flesh linked to pig farming and the spread of African Swine Fever? Claire Hamlett reports.