Animal Studies.

This article reviews recent scholarship in animal studies, focusing on four key areas: farmed animals, multispecies communication, extinction and conservation, and animal futures. It highlights critical examinations of emerging technologies in animal agriculture, such as the metabolic modification of "climate cows," alongside speculative fiction’s role in reimagining ethical human–animal relationships. The review also explores innovative approaches to understanding communication across species boundaries through sound, intersubjectivity, and nonverbal language, as well as creative literary and artistic responses to biodiversity loss and conservation challenges. Concluding with a discussion of a positive ethological framework for rebuilding human–animal relationships, the article underscores ongoing scholarly efforts to envision and enact transformative futures for animals and human coexistence.