Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

They sometimes touched their lips together, breathed into one another’s open mouths, or stood on two legs and hugged. Goodbyes, on the other hand, were long understood as a behavior that only humans ...

Long before humans built labs, filed patents, or sketched blueprints, animals were already solving the same problems we struggle with today. Nature has spent millions of years refining ways to move ...

Climate change has a wide range of effects on wildlife. It affects seasonal migration, reproduction times, body size and mass, and disrupts ecological processes, thereby posing challenges for the ...

A psychiatrist reveals the traits that signal real empathy versus major red flags.

When the rest of us were snowed in at home, here's how Young-Williams Animal Center and Zoo Knoxville took care of the ...

DID YOU KNOW ANIMALS CAN HAVE VITILIGO, TOO? 🤍🖤 Vitiligo in animals is an autoimmune disorder that leads to areas of skin ...

McLoud animal rescue faces foreclosure, risking euthanasia of 55 dogs. Founders seek help to save their home and the lives of ...