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Animals and Love: Exclusive Excerpt From Exultant Ark
Love is any of various emotions that relate to feelings of strong attachment to another. The origin of such feelings probably lies in their benefit to inclusive fitness—the sum of an organism’s...
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How to Have Fun Like Monkeys, Whales and Foxes
If you want to know how song changes the shape of a finch's brain, science can help. But what if you want to know how that singing bird feels? It's a scientifically uncertain and even controversial...
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Photo: Male Bowerbirds May Use Optical Illusion to Woo Mates
Complex structures erected by male bowerbirds may create an optical illusion that entices females into mating.
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Gorilla Grins Hint at Origin of Human Smiles
Gorillas use human-like facial expressions to communicate moods with one another, and two of the expressions -- both of which resemble grinning -- could show the origins of the human smile.
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Real Fish Welcome Robotic Overlord Into Their School
A robotic fish has sailed across an aquatic uncanny valley by tricking real fish into following it upstream.
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Freaky Ways Animals Woo Mates With Gifts
Across the land on Valentine's Day, lovers and partners exchange gifts. They're not alone. Many animals give gifts, too, and in some ways they're not so very different from us. From firefly...
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Dolphins May Call Each Other by Name
What might dolphins be saying with all those clicks and squeaks? Each others' names, suggests a new study of the so-called signature whistles that dolphins use to identify themselves.
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Strongest Evidence of Animal Culture Seen in Monkeys and Whales
Until fairly recently, many scientists thought that only humans had culture, but that idea is now being crushed by an avalanche of recent research with animals. Two new studies in monkeys and whales...
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Mass Killings Can Haunt Elephants for Decades
African elephants that have lived through the trauma of their kin's killing may look normal enough to the casual observer, but socially they are a mess. That’s the conclusion of a new study, the first...
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A Chimp’s Day in Court: Inside the Historic Demand for Nonhuman Rights
On the morning of December 2, a lawyer named Steve Wise and three other members of the Nonhuman Rights Project walked up the steps of a courthouse in Johnstown, New York and into the annals of history....
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Judge Rules Chimps Can’t Be Legal Persons, But Activists Vow to Fight On
Can a chimpanzee be considered a legal person? Not for now, a judge ruled this morning in Niagara County, New York, but the legal arguments are just beginning.
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