We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...

Over the last few years, facilities such as zoos or national parks have increased human-animal interaction. A team of researchers studied whether these increased interactions had any effects on the ...

Peek inside the lives of penguins, giraffes, chimps, and other animals that behave a whole lot like humans. Touch down on all seven continents around the world to see why these wild creatures compete, ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...