In "The Creatures' Guide to Caring," Elizabeth Preston traces myriad methods of caregiving across the natural world.
To the untrained eye, alligators and crocodiles look practically identical, so do they know that they are two different ...
Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed
Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...
A new study by an international research team led by Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) has revealed striking similarities in the ...
Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It's a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways—and what we've found so far paints a more complicated picture than you ...
Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...
Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...
In his deeply thoughtful and important book, economist Nicolas Treich considers direct (animal-centered) and indirect (human-centered) aspects of animal welfare.
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