Learn how people across cultures accept animal empathy while viewing human thinking as fundamentally different.

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Just as humans have historically gathered during winter, many animals do the same. Animals may not be exchanging presents or ...

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Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...

Galaxy frogs are endangered by flash photography, handling, and habitat disruption. Learn how tourism is harming this fragile ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, stealing seconds at a time during around-the-clock parenting, getting winks on the wing ...

Learn more about the death rituals seen throughout the animal kingdom and whether or not animals grieve the same way humans ...

The flipside of biophobia is called biophilia, an innate affinity for nature. Both of these terms stem from evolutionary ...

Scientists discovered raccoons dunk food to activate sensitive paw receptors, helping them decide what to eat rather than ...

It’s not entirely clear why animals respond to music, explain our readers, but it could remind them of the wild ...