This is not your grandmother’s “A is for Aardvark” catalog of the world’s animals. Simon Barnes’ A History of the World in 100 Animals is a look at 100 animal species and taxa that have helped shaped ...

I've long been interested in the evolution of human-nonhuman (animal) relationships and reading award-winning nature writer Keggie Carew's newest book Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us ...

A 19th-century pet cemetery in Westchester County, N.Y., with poignant epitaphs: “Born a dog/Lived like a gentleman/Died beloved.” A metropolis adjacent to a metropolis, with teeming Chicago ...

Raccoons earned their place as the state wild animal of Tennessee by supporting the state economy and thriving in changing ...

While nonhuman animals (animals) have played a large role in many aspects of human history, most traditional historical works either give them passing coverage or ignore them totally. 1 That is among ...

Dogs are believed to have been the first domesticated animal species, likely occurring in many locations around the world at least 20,000 years ago to help humans track and hunt wild animals for food.

Evidence of the earliest known reptile-like animal, an ancestor of many four-limbed creatures including birds, reptiles and mammals, has been found in Victoria, Australia. The discovery could push ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Liz P.Y. Chee vividly remembers the first time she visited a bear farm. It was 2009, and Chee, who was working for a Singapore-based animal welfare group, ...