Not everyone is fulfilled by human connection. In fact, people who hate most humans but love animals usually have these 11 high-value personality traits.

In the book "The Call of the Honeyguide," applied ecologist Rob Dunn explores mutually beneficial relationships between different species. But Dunn argues the relationship between humans and cats may ...

Imagine you’re at a tea party with a bonobo. What kind of tea are you serving? Are there cakes? What is the bonobo wearing? Is the ability to imagine things unique to humans? According to new evidence ...

A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

Scientists call this phenomenon emotional mimicry. Biologists and psychologists consider this automatic matching of another’s ...

As artificial intelligence begins to mimic consciousness with uncanny skill, we need design norms and laws that prevent it from being mistaken for sentient beings.

Pets play an important role in many people’s lives. In the UK, six out of ten households have at least one pet, dogs being our most common companions (assuming we don’t count fish individually). But ...

A new study shows a bonobo can track pretend juice and grapes, suggesting apes also have imagination, not only humans.

Did you know that there are some species in the animal kingdom that can demonstrate an ability to understand human speech, at ...

From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do the planet’s cleverest monkeys and apes really compare with human intelligen ...

Piper Curda voices Mabel, an activist who has her consciousness transferred into a robot beaver, in ‘Hoppers’ (2026). Film Critic A scene from 'Hoppers' (2026). Piper Curda voices Mabel, an activist ...