Crazy-faced cats don’t win the adoption game
Unlike dogs, their facial expressions don’t make a whit of difference
Animal World
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Why monkeys can’t talk—and what they would sound like if they could
Study upends thinking about why our closest primate relatives lack the gift of gab -
Video: Your dog understands more than you think
Scanners show that canine brains respond to words like humans -
Can clinical trials on dogs and cats help people?
Studies on pets are ramping up, but the benefit for human health is unclear -
This bee lives on the edge—of an active volcano
Insect has adapted to hellish lava landscape -
Why did a humpback whale just save this seal's life?
First study finds multiple cases of humpback whales going on the offensive -
Video: How dolphin moms reunite with their babies
"Signature" whistles call dolphin calves home -
A wildlife refuge for killer whales?
Experts clash over plans to move captive orcas to sea sanctuaries -
Good social skills make animals smarter
Lions beat tigers on puzzle test -
Dogs can read human emotions
Fidos know a happy voice goes with a happy face -
Feature: A dog that lives 300 years? Solving the mysteries of aging in our pets
Cats and dogs are revealing some surprising insights into animal life spans -
Here’s what happens when you rewind the clock on chicken domestication
Friendlier fowl lay bigger eggs, have more of key brain chemical -
Horses capable of humanlike facial expressions
Equines can make 17 discrete facial movements -
For one lion researcher, Cecil’s death spurs outpouring of support
TV host’s plea produces surge of donations -
Right whales have distinctive voices
Unique calls could provide new conservation tool
