Cuddles With Kindness, a Central Illinois nonprofit founded by Taylor Cole, has donated over 45,000 stuffed animals to the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois to provide comfort and security to young ...

We believe that there are a lot of animal lovers out there. Be ready for a double dose of cuteness, because Bored Panda has prepared something special for you!

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...

Last week my column ran online and in print with photos of a dog named Sally. The caption read that she had been in our care since 2018. I’m happy to report that this was a misprint. Sally’s photos ...

"Why the Wild Things Are," released by Harvard University Press, draws on psychological research, history and children's media over a 10-year period to examine youngsters' many connections to animals ...

A couple of years ago I asked Temple Grandin if people with autism have a special ability to relate to animals. She is, of course, widely known for both her Source: MJ Herzog, used with permission ...

Dear Critter Corner: Why do so many animals have trouble being around small children? There are several reasons why young children and animals tend to be a volatile combination. One reason is that ...

Yale University psychologist Lori Santos calls human thinking “glitchy”—that is, we are prone to errors and logical inconsistencies. Take, for example, our attitudes about the treatment of other ...