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

Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on ...

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 ...

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.

In the early 1800s, leg amputations free of acute pain seemed impossible. However, the first widely used anesthetic, called ether, was right around the corner. Sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Shasta County Health and Human Services reported two North State bats tested positive for rabies in the past two months.

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 ...