Chimpanzees and bonobos maintain tight inner circles of preferred grooming partners inside their wider social networks, mirroring the layered friendship structures that scientists long assumed were ...

These social animals manage friendships, grudges, alliances, family politics, and power struggles that feel surprisingly ...

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 ...

A Bright Side feature compiling 17 stories of unlikely animal friendships highlights bonds that transcend species, from cats adopting puppies to giraffes protecting zebras. These heartwarming accounts ...

A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the history of cats in China. Through ancient DNA sequencing of feline remains ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is. Some scientists believe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Puppies, particularly ones on a farm, enjoy making friends. Or at least they enjoy trying to make friends in the hope that every ...

Humans and animals like the same sounds, new research reveals, proving Charles Darwin correct. The findings show that people showed preferences for calls that other species find the most attractive.