Coyotes mate for life, mourn their dead, and even help forests grow, revealing deep emotional lives and vital roles in wild ...

Ask an expert, Are Turtles Social Animals?, and you'll definitly get "No" for an answer. However, this viral turtle video will likely make you reconsider.

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

Empathy in animals encompasses a range of processes whereby individuals perceive, share, and respond to the emotional states of conspecifics, often leading to demonstrably prosocial behaviours.

Walnut was born on June 3, 1995, at the start of what would become an unusually hot summer, on an island called Rum (pronounced room), the largest of the Small Isles off the west coast of Scotland. We ...

Animals isolate like people do in old age -- but that might be a good thing, scientists say. VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Being a loner isn’t un-herd of for these four-legged ...

As with humans, the maternal bond in nature is important for animals to find their way in the world. In mammals, a mother ...

A friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful and moving photo essay published by Isa Leshko capturing the "beauty and dignity of elderly animals" "in their winter years". As I looked at each of the ...