A new novel helps explain why so many storytellers enlist animal narrators to explore humanity.

Although there are many animal books about the nouns for collectives of animals, this book stands out for its lush illustrations. A bloat of hippopotamuses shows large, expressive hippos. Colorful ...

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Dan Werb discusses his new book, 'Our Wild Familiars,' about how wild animals learned to thrive in cities. Plus, we pay a ...

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In the early months of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic emptied our streets, forced us into our homes and turned down the volume on our noisy outdoor lives, species that typically existed on the ...

Over the last decades, researchers who study animal behavior have succeeded in largely blurring the line between Homo sapiens and other animals. Like their human counterparts, animals feel emotions, ...