For humans, play is an activity normally confined to our childhood. Having fun with others and playing made-up games might ...

I've studied various aspects of play behavior in a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) for decades, focusing mostly on members of the "dog family" (canids), while some of my students have ...

In Hamza Loves Animals, Hamza Yassin meets lions, monkeys, elephants and more in Africa. Here's how you can use his ...

Anyone who has ever chucked a tennis ball in the general vicinity of a border collie knows that some animals take play very seriously—the intense stare, the tremble of anticipation, the apparent joy ...