Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

Feb. 7, 2005 — -- Animal-human hybrids have long been the stuff of fairy tales and myths -- from the half-man, half-horse centaur to singing mermaids. Now the swift pace of genetic engineering ...

Pets have evolved from practical helpers to our emotional companions, but are we truly fulfilling their needs?

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...

If a pig embryo infused with human cells truly became something close enough to count as a member of the human species, then ...

Humans have always been creatures of instinct, constantly attuned to the dangers lurking around them. But in today’s world, where encounters with wildlife are becoming increasingly rare, our fears of ...

At the turn of the 20th century, a famous horse named Clever Hans toured Germany. The horse stunned crowds as his trainer demonstrated the animal's alleged ability to understand German, tell time and ...

After fighting against animal testing for decades with little success, campaigners now see a real prospect of rapidly ...