Animals

By saving this adorable, elusive wild cat, you could help save the planet (really!)

It’s a fact: Dangle a cat video in front of almost anyone, and they’ll drop everything to watch it. It’s something that conservationist and entrepreneur Ashwin Naidu is counting...

How do animals learn how to be, well, animals? Through a shared culture

The philosopher Immanuel Kant asserted, “Man is the only being who needs education.” But if he’d said “not the only being,” he’d have been correct. Kittens who watch their mothe...

Humans aren’t the only ones that help out their adult kids — here’s why animals do it too

Did you know that meerkats stay close to home, even as adults, so they can inherit territory when Mom dies? Or that North American red squirrel mothers gift real estate to their...