As a bioacoustics researcher, I have spent years studying the communication of animals – from the soft calls of crocodile ...

What are you being so mean for, miss?” asks Humphrey Bogart’s character in “The African Queen.” “A man takes a drop too much ...

One of the disturbing things about Daniel Lee's “Manimals,” a series of 12 sepia-toned portraits of human-animal hybrids, is how normal they appear, at least at first. Even more disturbing, however, ...

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A great amount of human instinct expresses itself every day in our lives. Just because we’ve put on high-heeled shoes or a sport coat and walk amid concrete and pavement doesn’t mean we’ve severed the ...

The numbers are in. The year 2014 was the hottest year on Earth ever recorded (records go back to 1888). December finished it off as the hottest month ever. Six of the months last year, in fact, hold ...

Welcome back to State of the Day, where I strip the euphemism and misdirection off national politics and give it to you straight, no ice, no mixer. If you find this newsletter compelling, remember to ...

Passover emphasizes charity and helping others, particularly providing for those in need. The tradition of "Maot Chitim" ensures everyone can participate in the holiday, regardless of their financial ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. TV, film and media executive Barry Diller spent a decade at ABC, where he helped popularize the made-for-TV "Movie of ...

The roads were utter chaos. Horns blared like battlefield warnings. Cars darted through traffic, cutting lanes with frantic unpredictability. My hands gripped the wheel so tightly I could feel the ...

One of my first volunteer experiences as a retiree was to support the work of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Founded at the behest of Albert Einstein, a rather famous refugee, the IRC is ...