Do animals feel love, anger, or empathy? Researchers have long dismissed such ideas as anthropomorphism, arguing that attributing human emotions to animals was unscientific.

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When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Ask whether animals think and feel, and people around the world tend to agree: yes - but not in the same way humans do. A new cross-cultural study suggests that this distinction runs deeper than ...

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according ...

In CUriosity, experts across the CU Boulder campus answer pressing questions about humans, our planet and the universe beyond. This week, Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology ...

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 ...

Animal Sentience: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Animal Feeling is a new and rather unique online journal, and I was thrilled when its founders, Andrew Rowan and Jonathan Balcombe, along with editor ...

Wondering how to know if your dog is happy? You've come to the right place. Our dogs may not speak our language, but they have plenty of avenues of communication to express their emotions – whether it ...