If you've ever known the love of an animal, you know the feeling. It's playing a game of fetch with your dog when you're happy or cuddling with your cat when you're sad. It's a wet nose nuzzling your ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride month, Nature and WCS are sharing stories of nature and conservation from members of these communities.

When it comes to affectionate and friendly animals, most people opt for cats or dogs, but there are others who take a more interesting route, choosing rodents, birds, reptiles, or fish. Signs that a ...

Animals don't read relationship advice or attend therapy sessions, but they understand things about love that many of us spend a lifetime struggling to grasp. They live with an emotional honesty and ...

"Welcome to Ginger Cat, the heartwarming hub for animal lovers. Our mission is to make animal care a viral cause, inspiring a global community to prioritize the happiness and health of our furry ...

Whether animals can experience romantic love is unknown. But there is some evidence that they are capable of experiencing the same range of emotions as we can. The brains of many mammals are ...

"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." — James Herriot, ‘All Creatures Great And Small,’ 1972. Animal stories ...

Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter answers your pet-related questions. Oxytocin may offer a clue into the ability for animals to love, and one reader wonders if her friend is crazy for not knowing a cat ...

For the majority of animals, Valentine’s Day is no more than a day like any other (though some lucky cats might delight in the added presence of sniffable flowers and swatable heart-shaped boxes).

Animals do not choose fruit by chance. What they eat depends on smell, ripeness, texture, and what is available in the moment. Some fruits are taken simply because they drop along familiar paths, ...