"Suppose, just suppose, that the Animal Welfare Act were replaced by an animal-rights act, which would prohibit the use by human beings of any animals to their detriment. What would be the effect on medical research, education, and product testing?"  

Writers wonder if animals have minds like ours—and how important that question is: Your weekly guide to the best in books

And why do we yawn at all? YouTube clips of yawning animals offer a hint.

A roundup of animals in the news from recent months, seen from the perspectives of their human observers, companions, captors, and caretakers

A new study finds a strong relationship between armed conflict and the decline of Africa’s large animals.

Images of the pets, working animals, and wildlife that have become victims, evacuees, rescuers, and comforters after California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire

In some zoos in Japan and China, staff members perform regular security drills to practice their response to a large animal escape by using costumed zookeepers as the fugitive animals. Individuals in furry costumes or pairs in full-size mockups of larger animals run through zoo property, sometimes inflicting mock injuries, as fellow zookeepers work to surround, subdue, and recapture them.

The monkey that caused a nationwide power outage in Kenya on Tuesday is one of many animals to sabotage electrical grids.

A short documentary about Isa Leshko, who explores themes of mortality and aging in her gorgeous portraits of aging farm animals