US JUST HOW A SHELTER IS HOPEFUL AND LOVING. THE OLD SAYING GOES, A SHELTER IS A SAFE PLACE. THERE IS NO FRIEND AS LOYAL AS A BOOK. A SHELTER PROVIDES FOOD, WATER AND MEDICAL CARE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A ...

Kenneth Valpey envisions a world where devotional practices foster inclusive communities that extend care to all beings by ...

We like to see ourselves as special, but whatever the difference between humans and animals may be, it is unlikely to be found in the emotional domain. — Frans de Waal, “Your Dog Feels as Guilty as ...

Dr. Virginia Maxwell is passionate about protecting animals. (Photo courtesy of JP Farm Animal Sanctuary) Virginia Maxwell, D.Phil., was just six months old when she met her first Jersey cow. Her ...

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Dogs do see color. Naked mole rats are oblivious to pain. The first insects couldn’t hear a thing, instead relying on small organs in their joints to sense things moving around them. I spoke with Yong ...

Trust me. This is going to be a rave review for a new book about animal-human communication by naturalist, filmmaker, and writer Tom Mustill. But first .... I read a lot of pop-sci books about animal ...

Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures. By Alexandra Alter Alexandra Alter’s ...