Prosecutors said a vote cast in the dog's name was counted in California's 2021 gubernatorial recall election.

Humans have dominated this planet for tens of thousand years. One study showed the arrival of people in Australia about 47,000 years ago caused the extinction of marsupials such as the giant ...

THE WEEK spoke to Kalema-Zi kusoka, 56, on the sidelines of the T.N. Khoshoo Memorial Award and Lecture, organised by the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, in Bengaluru ...

February 22-28, 2026 is National Justice for Animals Week. It’s an important time for people to reconsider how legal systems ...

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba ...

You would expect apex predators to thrive at the top of the food chain, but even the most formidable hunters can struggle when food is scarce or injuries take their toll. In desperate moments, some of ...

Art typically seems like a human activity, tied to culture, symbols, and personal expression. Yet a small group of animals has created paintings and designs that sold for surprising sums. Their work ...

Austrian cow Veronika demonstrates surprising tool use, challenging perceptions of cattle intelligence and prompting a reevaluation of animal cognition.

Bat-Mite got his own, six-issue series in 2015 more than 50 years after his initial debut in 1959. The series follows ...

From the iconic to the eccentric, here is a look at the most famous — and occasionally dangerous — celebrity animals to live among the rich and famous.

With his wife and research partner, Vanessa Woods, Hare is the author of several best-selling books on the psychology of dogs, including “The Genius of Dogs,” “Survival of the Friendliest: ...