We tend to believe that intelligence, empathy, and decency are exclusively human traits. However, the heroes in this article prove that’s far from reality. Animals rescue from carbon monoxide, comfort ...

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy's new book offers a history of the moral revolution on behalf of animals and ask us to honor the ...

I was on the road recently in Bird-in-Hand and a smallish tractor went by pulling an open wagon. There was a young girl bouncing around in back of her father, and a boy was sitting on the wagon. That ...

Scientists have found post-research homes for dogs, cats, rats, and many other kinds of animals, but adopting them out does ...

Empathy. It's that profound ability to not just recognize, but truly feel and share the emotions of another. For a long time, scientists largely confined this complex psychological trait to the realm ...

The LNP | LancasterOnline Opinion department publishes reader letters in both the newspaper and online on Wednesdays and Sundays. On the other five days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is. Some scientists believe ...

In his beautifully written, wide-ranging, and impeccably researched book Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind, acclaimed author Michael Bond carefully traces how we, humans, arrived at where we ...

Encountering animals in nature — whether on a hiking trail, at the beach or in a neighborhood park — can be one of the most ...