If animals clocked in as we do, half of us would already be late. Many of them run on tighter routines than humans ever ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.

Because animals have a limited capability of understanding human language, they cannot “read” the way humans do.

While they don't write love letters, there’s no doubt animals form deep and enduring friendships and use many different ways ...

Human reading looks so ordinary that it is easy to treat it as the default way brains extract meaning from marks. Yet when I look at what animals can do with symbols, numbers, and sounds, the picture ...

Leaving a dog home alone can be harder than it sounds. This reported look at DogTV explores how the channel supports calm ...

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

A new study analyzed the sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones and found they share some sleep traits with humans. The research could provide insight into the origins and function of sleep.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2024 study found that cats learn to associate images with words faster than human babies. “My cat always watches my phone as I ...

Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in their hearts and heads, and what they think about it all.

It was always a joy to watch those laughing, giggling and fighting animals in cartoon films. Of course, a lot of their ...