An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives.

Carl is decent but a little dull. Jed behaves badly, and arguably gets more pleasure out of life. The voice of the story ...

The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Up are among the best animated Disney movies under 90 minutes long.

Humans and dogs have been best friends for millennia, but they still do quirky things we find mysterious. Experts explain ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about dogs with an unusual talent. Although many dogs can master basic commands, these animals had ...

Depictions of dogs in Maya art and archaeological finds point to a variety of possible roles in the ancient culture.

Desmond Morris, the zoologist who has died aged 98, was a writer on human and animal behaviour who achieved world renown with ...

Man’s best friend can read us like a book – even when we’re not shouting “walkies”, a groundbreaking study has revealed. The ...

HIS only equal as a natural history broadcaster was Sir David Attenborough. But while Attenborough made his name mainly with ...

The domestication of dogs began approximately 30,000-50,000 years ago with Eurasian gray wolves, marking the first time any ...