During a recent in-service presentation to elementary teachers, I asked what books their students gravitated to more than others. Several teachers told me that many of their students prefer books ...

Sixty-five percent of households in the U.S.—almost 80 million families—own a pet today, according to a survey by the American Pet Products Association. In addition to offering unconditional love and ...

The recent movie “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” showcased the most convincing instance yet of a Hollywood actor playing an animal (with the help of computerization). The roster of animals brought ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. At times, Karin Winegar’s new book, “Saved: Rescued Animals ...

In the early months of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic emptied our streets, forced us into our homes and turned down the volume on our noisy outdoor lives, species that typically existed on the ...

"Why the Wild Things Are," released by Harvard University Press, draws on psychological research, history and children's media over a 10-year period to examine youngsters' many connections to animals ...

This week we welcome back writer Susan Orlean to talk about her latest book, On Animals. It's a collection of essays about animals and how we live with them. The animals we eat, the animals we call ...

Susan Orlean's "On Animals" (published by Simon & Schuster, a division of ViacomCBS) is a collection of The New Yorker magazine writer's essays that evokes her lifelong fascination with all creatures ...

Dr. Virginia Maxwell is passionate about protecting animals. (Photo courtesy of JP Farm Animal Sanctuary) Virginia Maxwell, D.Phil., was just six months old when she met her first Jersey cow. Her ...

Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne The pigs’ suffering was not an aberration; it is what ...

Chosen by Caryn Rivadeneira, author of “Saints of Feather and Fang: How the Animals We Love and Fear Connect Us to God.” No one writes about animals like the naturalist Sy Montgomery. And in this ...