Elaine West–the founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary, a refuge housing rescued farm animals she launched in Melrose, Florida, more than two decades ago—explains the origin of her lifelong love of ...

Occasionally, I jettison the chief component of the “Talking Animals” format–a long form interview with a single guest–to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders, concerned ...

Imagine this: you’re in the middle of a dream, and suddenly, a wise old owl perches beside you. But this isn’t your typical ...

For Talking Animals Books owners Katy Lemieux and Valerie Walizadeh, keeping stories alive was the inspiration for both their two-year-old bookstore and a new summer literary crawl. Named after the ...

Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center ...

Chances are you've heard of Doctor Dolittle. He's a children's book character created by English author Hugh Lofting. Originally trained to treat humans, he turned to wildlife when he realized he ...

"Compositionality, in a nutshell: It's the fact that we can combine meaningful units into larger structures whose meaning is derived from the meaning of the units," Mélissa Berthet, a researcher in ...

MEHOOPANY —Indra Lahiri’s mom has told her she didn’t cry until she was 5 years old. “We had a dog named Panda, a boxer,” Lahiri said. “And whenever I would need anything, when I was hungry or needed ...

Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about animals – the creatures that walk, crawl, swim, slither and soar around planet Earth. Learn to talk about wild animals, and what you would ...