What exactly is a family? Even more profoundly, why is a family? Entire wings of the literary canon have confronted these questions, usually by framing them within the context of human families only.

“The Last Animal,” the award-winning bestselling novel from Ramona Ausubel, has been snatched up for film adaptation by production companies Walden Media and Big Beach. Ry Russo-Young has been set to ...

Ranquet explains that "the chakras can reveal what is at the core of our animal companion's desires, the root of their challenges, and the best ways to address these challenges." Her new book helps ...

The octopus is still, suspended upside down on the glass wall of her tank, just below water level. Her eyes are shut, her eight arms knotted snug behind her head, her pale-gray body gently pulsing.

A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research is that rare book that changes how you see a ...

Fifty years ago, Princeton University ethicist Peter Singer made the case that humans assume they're morally superior to other animals and that their actions against them are justified. At the time, ...