Nonhuman animal (animal) play is a topic that has received a good detailed attention in recent years (see and and, for example) because coming to an understanding of this behavior is central to ...

Ever imagined a wild animal trying to play tag with a human with no dangerous intent? Turns out, it’s not as rare as you’d think. You’d probably think of Fido or Fluffy when you picture an animal that ...

I've studied various aspects of play behavior in a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) for decades, focusing mostly on members of the "dog family" (canids), while some of my students have ...

Witness large animals play out their lives in the grasslands. Grasslands are the great stages of the natural world where large animals play out spectacular lives in clear view of people. From the ...

DENVER — It’s often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience — man’s best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started ...

When 9-year-old Yuvi Agarwal practiced piano, he noticed it instantly calmed his energetic goldendoodle puppy. Intrigued, he began playing music for anxious shelter animals, a move that would end up ...