A while ago, I gave a guided tour for a group of fifth-graders at the ape house of the Zoo of Leipzig, Germany. During the tour, one bright kid asked: "Are animals able to think? Our ethics teacher ...

Can animals think and feel? Anyone with a pet will likely say yes. Animal researcher Carl Safina is taking that question one step further by asking what and how do nonhuman animals feel. Can animals ...

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Do animals have thoughts and feelings–just like us? A global study provides fascinating answers. From Ecuador to Japan, ...

Issue 25 (August 2024) of CURIOUS is out now, bringing you science highlights for the month plus deep dives into intriguing topics, interviews, exclusives, diary dates, and explanations for some of ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Tip the elephant arrived in New York to accolades and fanfare–until things went wrong. A few years into his ...

Dr. Donald R. Griffin, who was considered the founder of the modern field involving the study of animal thinking and consciousness, and who early in his career helped unravel the secret of bats ‘ ...

Animals have long been used by artists to express special ideas and emotions. Their anthropomorphic qualities have been featured in storytelling in literature, theater, music and visual art. “Thinking ...

The debate about whether (and, if so, how) animals think is an ancient one. Aristotle considered it important enough to write ...