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Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

Come along on a guided tour of the strangest animals in Cincinnati's strangest neighborhood, from fungus-eating ants to a ...

Fundamentally, what moves people is when they believe they’re fighting for something that’s part of them. If it’s purely ...

Could dogs ever learn something like speech? A new review explores the science behind enhancing canine communication.

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Coyote sightings have residents of a Connecticut suburb clutching their bichon frisé.

In her book, Natalia Rogach Alexander discusses how the celebrated thinker on democracy and education can still enlighten ...

It’s not always clear why dogs and cats are abandoned or surrendered, but one rescue organization describes it as a “rolling ...

Television in the 1960s had an unusually high tolerance for strange ideas. Audiences happily followed suburban witches (Bewitched), bumbling secret agents (Get Smart), astronauts from deep space (My ...

The Nature of Things explores how dogs might be using human language with the help of buttons on a soundboard.

A New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a “forever chemical.” The source appears to be the nearby ...