Research on joy—those bursts of “woo-hoo moments”—is an exciting area of study across species. But the feeling of too much ...

Though not seeing any visitors Saturday, the Memphis Zoo's resident animals were able to explore the snow — with some staying ...

I've studied various aspects of play behavior in a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) for decades, focusing mostly on members of the "dog family" (canids), while some of my students have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animals at John Ball Zoo were filmed enjoying the snow conditions in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Footage shared by the zoo shows a ...

We project a great deal onto animals. They are elevated into ideals of love and fidelity (dogs, horses), and often they are reduced to objects and tools (cattle, pigs, horses again). Much of ...