A Bright Side feature compiling 17 stories of unlikely animal friendships highlights bonds that transcend species, from cats ...

While an increasingly small number of people, especially academic researchers, try to argue that nonhuman animals (animals) don’t really make friends, most people, including both researchers and ...

The animal-loving team at Ginger Cat explores how animals can form genuine friendships with humans, capturing moments full of trust and joy. The far-fetched mission to reclaim islands that host a key ...

Most animals build strong social bonds with their own kind, and researchers have found that the brain systems behind those connections are similar to the ones humans rely on in close relationships.

Almost two decades of research shows strong evidence of long-term friendship among African starlings, a discovery that sheds fresh light on helping behaviour in the animal kingdom. Animals often help ...

A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions that are much like developing ...

Domestic cats have been living alongside humans for an estimated 10,000 years, first as rodent control and then as the couch-warmers we know and love. A far cry from the lone predator lifestyle of ...

Spend a little time online, and you’ll notice how often the same kind of video pulls you in. A dog and a kitten curled up together. A massive animal gently keeps company with a much smaller one. You ...