Critter News
JUNE 5, 2009
Researchers tickled babies and six different kinds of apes, quantified their giggles, and found that the patterns fit a classic evolutionary tree. Those patterns hint at the ancient origins of human hilarity and suggest that other social species - including apes, dogs and rats - really, truly laugh as well.
Animal Person
APRIL 1, 2010
Today's nonhuman apes don't represent earlier stages in human development. Our common-ape like ancestor lived about 15 million years ago. Citing abilities such as nonhuman great apes' ability to learn human languages suggest that animal rights advocates seek nonhuman participation in human society.
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Animal Ethics
APRIL 19, 2016
Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders. "There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind. Brian Hare, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, holds out a dog biscuit. See Pictures of Dogs Learning New Tricks. No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. See a video on how dogs think like us.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 10, 2012
Not only do we enjoy Tim Burton’s movies, but of course, a story about a boy and his dog is sure to be a hit in our household. Tim Burton had a very specific vision for Sparky’s character and really wanted him to act and move like a real dog. We are so excited for the new Disney film, “Frankenweenie”!
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 17, 2007
To the Editor: Re “An Ape Types in Iowa” (column, Aug. 9): Gail Collins writes: “Human-ape conversation was a very hot topic back in the late 1960s, when researchers first taught a chimpanzee named Washoe to use sign language. The Great Ape Trust is the only place in America where this kind of research still goes on.”
Animal Person
JANUARY 6, 2010
The way I see it, there are three camps on this one: People who think that dolphins or Great Apes or chimps could function as a gateway to other animals getting rights. and dogs don't? You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory. They also have distinct personalities (and chimps don't? and chickens don't?)
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