A rare success story from Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve shows how a community-managed forest supports both people and ...

It explains that human babies are 'helpless' due to their large-sized brains, which are 'designed for language and problem ...

Marco Adda offers a new view of how to interact with nonhumans and explores how we can learn from other animals’ movement, perception, and presence to help everyone involved.

Do animals see illusions like we do? A study tests guppies and doves to find out how different species process visual tricks.

In January, six justices of the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that five elderly African elephants were not people. That may not sound like an issue that needs six justices to resolve, but ...

Many people, including animal advocates and others who want to grant legal rights (including personhood) to nonhuman animals, are often criticized for their views because others fear it will diminish ...

Kissing is a big part of human culture. According to ancient cuneiform tablets found in Iraq, humans have been smooching since at least 2500 B.C. Around the world today, many societies share kisses in ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

The question of whether animals have souls and what happens to them after death has puzzled humans for thousands of years across every culture and religion. While we can’t provide definitive answers ...