A dog’s cuddles, a cat plopping into a nap, or a panda bear ambling up a tree may be just the mood boost we crave that lands ...

Have you ever wondered whether your dog or cat experiences feelings of joy and sadness? How about whether or not wild animals love and grieve? Barbara J. King, an emerita professor of anthropology at ...

Why wait in line for a far-off glimpse of pandas when you can snuggle with cows, stretch with goats or sip tea with kittens?

A new study shows how animal sacrifices in Teotihuacán reveal ancient rituals and cultural connections of people 2,000 years ago.

The Library of Michigan chooses books published the previous year that are about Michigan or the Great Lakes or are written ...

Bestselling author Erika Swyler discusses how allegory is "a vital form for political critique, an elegant genre in its own ...

She recently published the book, “Animal Matter: Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan.” The ...

When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol (letter) in the alphabet represents a basic sound unit, such as a consonant or a vowel.

Almost everyone knows that Wisconsin's state animal is a badger — hence the Badger State nickname. But, did you know that the state has a host of other official symbols? There's an official ...

Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Making resolutions is easy. Making them stick? Not so much. That’s why we’ve combed through the newest self-help books to bring you the 12 most useful published now through April. We’ve found advice ...