Prairie dogs have a word for “human.” They talk about us in a language with nouns, adjectives, and variable dialects — even though, to most of us, their words sound like unintelligible squeaks. I ...

In honor of World Kindness Week, here are three heartwarming stories that showcase the incredible bonds between animals and humans. From a farmer using a blow dryer to revive an ailing newborn chick ...

Charles Darwin once noted that natural selection tends to preserve traits that conceal an animal in nature. It can paint camouflage onto their bodies with astonishing quickness: The peppered moth’s ...

A major operation to rescue dogs from an overseas animal testing center came to an end with dozens of rescued beagles experiencing freedom for the first time. The Beagle Freedom Project helps to ...