When time is measured in 10-million-year blocks, the lines between ecosystems and animals that would never have coexisted can get blurry.
A poem for Sunday
A collection of images of autumn—the best season
Twenty years after it was first published, Kirsten Bakis’s extraordinary novel Lives of the Monster Dogs still has a lot to say about the entwined destinies of animals and humans.
Medieval people had a lot of leprosy. So did their pet squirrels.
As machines fill the skies, they meet resistance from the animals who already live there.
How do owners—and fans—cope with celebrity animals’ later years?
Valentine’s Day among humans and animals, family reunions at an Indian border fence, an icy dinosaur in Latvia, snow kayaking in Estonia, International Condom Day in Mexico City, and much more