For generations, dropping a live lobster into a pot of boiling water was treated as standard practice in restaurant kitchens and home cooking alike. The method was rarely questioned, often defended as ...

Crabs can feel pain when they are boiled alive during conventional food preparation —- as do other shellfish like lobsters, according to a new study.Zoologists from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg ...

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has lodged a lawsuit against one of the largest seafood events in the U.S., calling it an "egregious" display of "torture and ...