These slow-moving, eucalyptus-eating marsupials native to Australia are beloved for their sweet demeanors and distinctly non-human adorableness. However, koalas do share one feature in common with ...

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 ...

If you had to tell a funny joke off the top of your head right now, could you do it? Humans love humor, but that doesn’t mean that it comes naturally to most of us. It can take a lot of effort to ...

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 ...