Can animals think and feel? Anyone with a pet will likely say yes. Animal researcher Carl Safina is taking that question one step further by asking what and how do nonhuman animals feel. Can animals ...

Empathy is the remarkable ability to perceive the thoughts, intentions, and emotions of other individuals. In human relations, empathy binds us together in interpersonal and social relations. It ...

Movies have always played up the mad scientist trope, but real-life labs have carried out experiments that make fiction look ...

Because of my interests in the cognitive and emotional lives of nonhuman animals (animals), I was pleased to learn of an essay by Dr. Mirjam Guesgen titled "Animal pain is about communication, not ...

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Humans are the best of animals and the worst of animals. Humans are capable of compassion not seen in other animals and never ...

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, animal communicator Danielle MacKinnon opens up about how her passion for animals led her to become a pet psychic. While MacKinnon says she's always had a ...

A proposed Santa Fe ordinance making it illegal to keep animals on street medians does not prevent someone from having an animal, but it does address part of the responsibility that is asked of anyone ...