Be Kind to Animals Week, which started yesterday, was created by the Humane Society in 1915, the second year of the Great War, when kindness of any sort was in short supply. I’m all in favor of ...

Aristotle famously declared that we are rational animals. Since his time, various other thinkers have pointed out other key qualities that differentiate us from other species and capture our unique ...

Mahatma Gandhi said, “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Treating animals well can take many forms — from rescuing a lost dog to teaching a child to care for ...

Animals with adaptations related to high speed are among those explored in Extreme Animals Alive. If you picked up a random comic book from a publisher like DC or Marvel and opened a page, chances are ...

The Riverdale Animal Shelter can breathe a sigh of relief this holiday season after the kind of year it had.  The facility ...