One of the earliest memories for many of us is getting our first pet. Whether it was our family dog or a tropical fish we ...

Speaking and forming relationships were difficult, until he met his three best friends: Froyo, Romeo and Tyler, miniature ...

Vet-approved and oh-so-cute!

Every couple of years, a new collection of animals find their way into the mainstream. It used to be lions, tigers, and even ...

Did you know that teaching children empathy skills early in life can increase their confidence and help them better handle stressful situations? Empathy is critical to success throughout life and is a ...

Children differ dramatically from adults in their moral views on animals, new research shows. Children differ dramatically from adults in their moral views on animals, new research shows. University ...

Yale University psychologist Lori Santos calls human thinking “glitchy”—that is, we are prone to errors and logical inconsistencies. Take, for example, our attitudes about the treatment of other ...

The amount of interest in the nature of nonhuman animal (animal) minds and what's in them seems to grow daily. In keeping with this burgeoning interest, today was a very good day for writing about two ...

"I don’t have human children. I have animal children," Laurie Zaleski tells PEOPLE of the more than 600 rescue animals she cares for at Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary in Mays Landing, N.J. When Laurie ...