Heather Neave researches animal welfare, a field focused on understanding what practices can improve the lives of animals on ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It’s a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants, for ...

Danielle MacKinnon had built a successful career at a Fortune 500 company; she was in the midst of earning her MBA and was ...

The Virginia opossum, according to John Smith—that explorer of all things Virginia—“hath a head like a Swine, & a taile like a Rat, and is of the Bignes of a Cat.” Had Smith looked closer, he might ...

AI is reshaping countless aspects of life. But so far, its applications have focused mostly on our singular species, Homo sapiens. What if humans used AI to better understand the nonhuman beings with ...

Dr. Mike Dacey analyses the challenges researchers face when studying the cognitive and emotional lives of animals and offers ...

Scientists are now using computer models to understand how animal groups form and interact. These generative network models ...

It is interesting to consider the difference between animals and humans and how they respond to situations. One of the reasons I write for Psychology Today is because of the useful information that ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The morning after a fresh snowfall, you’ve probably once walked out of your home and spotted paw prints meandering around your yard. What animal could have trekked through ...