When it comes to affectionate and friendly animals, most people opt for cats or dogs, but there are others who take a more interesting route, choosing rodents, birds, reptiles, or fish. Signs that a ...

Whether animals can experience romantic love is unknown. But there is some evidence that they are capable of experiencing the same range of emotions as we can. The brains of many mammals are ...

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

Discover how childhood bonds with animals quietly shape your adult nervous system and why their steady love still lives in your body today.

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...

The persistent presence of humans and their infrastructure in U.S. national parks has yielded dramatic changes in the behaviors of large animals who live there, a new study has found. Even during the ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can ...