When we think of wild animals, we generally consider one or two scenarios: increasing conflicts with them as humans encroach on the places they live and our response to the situation, or animal rescue ...

The article discusses the remarkable regenerative abilities of animals like axolotls, flatworms, tunicates, starfish, and ...

From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of ...

From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of the animal kingdom demonstrate surprisingly human-like behavior.

Humans are ultimately only interested in themselves. As seen in EO, the bond between humans and animals can be powerful but is ultimately fleeting as they are unable to reconcile different existences.

The term zoopharmacognosy — meaning "animal medicine knowledge" — was invented in 1987, but humans have watched animals self-medicate for thousands of years and made medical discoveries along ...

Humans have long dreamed of talking with the animals, using spoken language. Yet, the perfect model for cross-species communication already exists between horses and riders.

How ‘Being Animal’ Could Help Us Be Better Humans The environmental philosopher Melanie Challenger blurs the line long drawn between humans and animals.

Animals with human brain cells might have a higher moral status. This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday ...

As our understanding of animal intelligence deepens, society faces ethical dilemmas regarding the treatment and rights of even the simplest non-human animals.

Many animals express reproductive behaviour in ways completely alien to humans. For example, the female mole has an ovoteste and, outside of mating season, behaves like a male.

Pig-to-human transplants are "the only near-term, viable solution to solving this huge shortfall in organ availability," Mike Curtis, CEO of eGenesis, the company that led the new research, told ...