Veteran science journalist Stephen S. Hall recounts how he approached writing Slither, a strategy seeking to draw in those ...

With a message that is timely and essential, Neil Shubin delivers a compendium of both historical and very recent scientific ...

Social media's number one cat rater Matthew McGlasson is sharing his famous Cat Rating System with cat lovers worldwide in ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor ...

During the Cold War, governments around the world continued to view zoos through an ideological lens. This was especially true in Berlin, where the city’s two zoos – one in the capitalist West, the ...

The feeling of not being able to fit into the world is one of the inspirations for Aron Nels Steinke’s newest graphic novel, “Speechless.” ...

One zoo that came in at number two on Tripadvisor is Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Shropshire - trumping the likes of ...

Losing a pet can evoke deep grief, often as profound as losing a human loved one. Love for a pet doesn’t have to end—it can ...

J.D. Vance has promoted a parochial view of moral obligations. Pope Francis provided a corrective that also receives support ...

Today, my colleague Adam Liptak explains how a case about children’s picture books, with titles like “Pride Puppy” and “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding,” has broad implications for schools ...

He is the author of Animalia, a column exploring the strange and fascinating world of animals and the ways in which we appreciate, imperil and depend on them. Previously, he covered the ...