Anyone whose been to a zoo knows the joy of observing majestic giraffes, playful elephants, and gorillas whose facial expressions are shockingly similar to our own. Watching them interact provides ...

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans have got it all wrong about sloths. "People think that because the animal is slow that it's somehow useless and redundant," she says. But in fact, "they are incredibly ...

Over the last decades, researchers who study animal behavior have succeeded in largely blurring the line between Homo sapiens and other animals. Like their human counterparts, animals feel emotions, ...

When Rachel VanHorn says she has a degree in zoology, most people think she is a zookeeper or a vet. She’s not, but she loves getting familiar with creatures, great and small. VanHorn is a zoologist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our Grant Me Hope child this week is 16-year-old Tyler, who wants to become a zoologist when he gets older as he loves animals.

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is hosting the 2005 International Conference on Environmental Enrichment from July 31 through Aug. 5th at Columbia University’s Alfred Lerner Hall. Zoologists ...

Donald R. Griffin, a zoologist who solved the mystery of how bats navigate in the dark and later transformed the study of animal behavior by suggesting animals were intelligent and could reason, died ...

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans have got it all wrong about sloths. "People think that because the animal is slow that it's somehow useless and redundant," she says. But in fact, "they are incredibly ...

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren't doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized... Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts ...