Human reading looks so ordinary that it is easy to treat it as the default way brains extract meaning from marks. Yet when I ...

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

Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in ...

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way.

Just like humans, dogs have certain people they prefer over others. Here are some specific things that might influence who they pick as their favorite.

All of us love our pets as if they were an actual part of our family. That kind of love and companionship is the whole point of having a pet, after all! But according to a new survey, that love for ...

Diabetes is becoming increasingly common in pets in South Africa, with one in every 308 dogs and one in every 230 cats ...

In this age of heightened anxiety, many of us turn to our pets for emotional support. But is our behavior increasing our furry friends’ fears? The answer isn’t simple, says Frankie Jackson, a ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...

The whole “pets are family members” idea isn’t just a sweet sentiment. Data shows that pet owners are increasingly buying food that resembles their own diets. The trend toward refrigerated, “fresh” or ...