While an increasingly small number of people, especially academic researchers, try to argue that nonhuman animals (animals) don’t really make friends, most people, including both researchers and ...

In a study conducted on Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, scientists from Duke University in North Carolina set out to understand whether the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guest Opinion. Altruism is helping without a benefit and sometimes at a risk to one’s self. Animals helping others of their own ...

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The bonds between cats and their humans are nothing short of extraordinary.

Friends are not just a human phenomenon. The benefits of social connections — friendships — are plentiful in many different types of animals. Members of many animal species participate in friendships, ...

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This compilation captures priceless moments of tiny humans interacting with animals—wobbly steps toward curious puppies, ...

Another young animal rescuer is Sana, who runs an Instagram page by the name of “Bezubaan Paltooo”. Sana started rescuing ...