This week a video emerged of an Amazon driver brazenly scooping up a family cat while he was delivering a package after he ...

Shirley Sharpe, 74, and Rueben G. Gray, 63, each pleaded not guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of prohibitions concerning companion animals. Judge Patricia Knepp set a personal recognizance bond ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.

Imaginary friends are part of normal childhood development, but clinicians should assess rigidity, distress, or functional impairment to separate healthy play from underlying concern issues.

The smartest cow ever lives in Austria and uses tools to solve problems, challenging what we know about cattle intelligence.

Wind chills over the weekend in North Texas could reach as low as -10 degrees, which would be “life-threatening” for people and animals, the National Weather Service Fort Worth said.

Dogs are already known to detect human stress and fear through scent. Horses, like dogs, have lived alongside people for thousands of years, which may have tuned them to subtle human signals. Or the ...

Majorities in the six countries surveyed believe in God, in life after death, and that spells, curses or other magic can ...

The rainbow mantis shrimp may look like an alien, but they have sophisticated vision unlike any other animal, including ...

Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

The intentional, flexible use of tools has long been considered a hallmark of cognitive ability. For much of modern science, ...

Researchers report the first documented case of tool use in cattle, based on a Swiss Brown cow named Veronika who doesn’t just grab an object and rub it against herself.