Shinto, an ethnic faith of the Japanese, is grounded in an animist belief that kami (wraiths) reside in natural phenomena—mountains, trees, rivers, wind, thunder, animals—and that the spirits ...

Most animal movements go unobserved by humans, but using technology—radiotracking, GPS, satellite tags, Fitbit-type sensors, radar—we can record them in impressive detail.

When the 24-year-old tried out equine-assisted learning in June 2024, which had him grooming and feeding the animals, he found a new way of connecting with and managing his emotions.

These animals effectively act as landscape engineers, reorganising soils and sediments. Yet their combined global impact has never been explored, until now. Research that my colleagues and I ...

Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a stuffed animal owner. “I’ve always had them growing up, I had a big fantasy life with ...

"Some animals will die on the way," due to high humidity for instance, "just like in real life", Mpofu said. Wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets (AFP photos ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Life-size animal puppets, including a wildebeest, gorilla, and giraffe, are undertaking a 20,000-kilometer journey from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the ...

Tool use isn’t just for humans! From birds to primates, some animals have mastered using objects to solve problems, hunt, and survive. These 7 species prove that intelligence exists all across ...