Feb. 11, 2005, is celebrated as Darwin Day, an international observance of Charles Darwin’s work on evolution. Check out International Darwin Day Foundation’s site that maintains a list of celebrations of the naturalist’s birthday around the world, including the United States.

The website Religious Tolerance maintains a list of the beliefs of 17 religions regarding the origins of life.

The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is an educational organization based in Chicago, Ill., whose ultimate goal is the elimination of animal use in product testing, education and biomedical research.

AnimalLaw.com provides access to legislation and legal matters pertaining to the rights and welfare of animals.

Animal Law Review is a student-run law review at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Ore. Their objective is to provide a balanced scholarly forum to discuss all aspects of animal law.

The Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is located in North Grafton, Mass. The Center’s mission is to conduct and encourage scholarly evaluation and understanding of the complex societal issues and public policy dimensions of the changing role and impact of animals in society focusing specifically on three focus […]

The Animal Legal Defense Fund pushes the U.S. legal system to end the suffering of animals and has blazed the trail for stronger enforcement of anti-cruelty laws and more humane treatment of animals. They maintain a national headquarters in San Francisco, Calif., and another office in Portland, Ore.  

The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest animal protection organization.

Based in Norfolk, Va., PETA is the strongest national voice against animal research. PETA urges scientists to abandon animal-poisoning tests (for drug toxicity) in favor of methods that do not use animals.