Instinct plays a huge role in parenting, and humans can learn a lot from the animal kingdom. Helen Jukes, author of Mother Animal, which explores parenting in the natural world, says that there's an ...

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Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This striking pattern holds true across nearly all countries and historical time periods. Although the gap between the sexes has narrowed in ...

For a variety of reasons, many humans choose to adopt children. More surprisingly, adoption is fairly widespread in the animal kingdom, even though it would seem to counteract the basic premise of ...

Animals can teach us many things—how to chill out and not worry about anything, how to taste delicious when grilled correctly—but maybe the most important lessons we can learn from our fellow ...

Jeff Corwin has dedicated his life to traveling the world in search of animals. But Corwin, the host of Animal Planet’s “Corwin’s Quest” and the upcoming Food Network show, “Extreme Cuisine,” is more ...

Some animal fathers take their responsibilities to a new level when raising the next generation. They incubate eggs and carry tiny babies across the forest floor. Their dedication, creativity, and ...

A woman has revealed her unexpected parenting struggle and it's a hard relate for moms on the internet. Paige Candler, 33, posted the video on TikTok to explain a frequent parenting hardship that she ...

At my home, our two dogs and our cat are members of the family. But you need to take great care picking the right pet when you have children. And, as a parent, you need to teach your children how care ...