All species alive today, from chimpanzees to bacteria, are cousins that each have equally long lineages, rather than ...

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, ...

In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, one cow, Veronika, a brown cow in Switzerland that used a broom to scratch her back and belly. Alice Auersperg wrote a book about animal ...

Content warning: This article reports on violence against endangered animals. Critically endangered animals are being advertised for sale as bushmeat on TikTok, a new study finds. The work, published ...

If you’ve ever experienced the unconditional love of a pet, you’ll understand the power of animal therapy. Animals never judge. And in moments of stress and loneliness, their calming presence eases ...

Children let their creative side show in a cartooning class with award-winning cartoonist and author Rick Stromoski on Thursday, June 26. Held at C.H. Booth Library, the class had children ages 6-14 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

AI-based approaches are increasingly capturing complex human disease biology directly, without the use of potentially confounding animal models. [ignatiev / Getty Images] The recent decision by the ...

BURLINGTON, Wash. — Anyone who has ever had a pet go missing knows how painful and stressful it can be. Now, your fuzzy friend's face could be the roadmap for his journey home. A stray cat at the ...

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 ...