Why is it that a squirrel may calmly take food from a picnic table while a deer runs as if its life depends on it at the snap of a twig? For years, ecologists have asked whether animals always treat ...

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 ...

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Rob Gierka and Karen Duke explain why this dated, insensitive dismissal ignores the power of human-animal bonds and how animals are vital to our physical and spiritual well-being.