We project a great deal onto animals. They are elevated into ideals of love and fidelity (dogs, horses), and often they are reduced to objects and tools (cattle, pigs, horses again). Much of ...

The animal world is full of games. And tucked in among wrestling monkeys, belligerent birds and wily coyotes are lessons for us all. By Erik Vance As a sophomore in college I interned at a lab that ...

The weather is getting warmer. Flowers are in bloom, the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing, and my allergies are killing me—spring is definitely in the air. One of my favorite parts of the ...

This post is in response to When Children Play, They Follow the Golden Rules of Fairness By Peter Gray Ph.D. Twelve years ago, I published a kid's book called Animals at Play: Rules of the Game. I was ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A summer camp hosted by the Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation is providing a group of kids with a week long of fun activities, as well as several educational ...

Gordon Burghardt kept a lion cub named Meg in his home at the behest of the Knoxville Zoo. To help Meg get out some energy, Burghardt and his wife would often play with Meg in their wooded, unfenced ...

The Animal Park at the Conservators Center is located at 676 E. Hughes Mill Road in Burlington, NC. The center was founded in 1999 in Mebane. It relocated in 2001 to a 45-acre location in Caswell ...

If your child loves animals—and especially caring for them—this Play-Doh Care ‘N Carry Vet Playset might become their new ...

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...