(WJAR) — Roger Williams Park Zoo animals were given the gift of enrichment this holiday season. Rhode Island School of Design's Industrial Design students created enrichment objects for some animals.

The world is made up of many different kinds of things, and in order to get around the world successfully, we have to learn about both the individual items we encounter and the information that will ...

"He's a very easygoing guy, he goes with the flow and he loves attention from people." ...

Source: Grzegorz Eliasiewicz, used with permission. Humans use words to refer to objects in the environment. We understand that certain words “stand for” certain objects, and this understanding is ...

These people and animals lived with foreign objects in their bodies. In 2016 an elephant named Pretty Boy walked up to doctors to ask for first aid after being shot in the head. In 2017 a puppy was ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as “sit” and “stay,” but also to words referring to their favorite objects. “Bring me your ...

The fictitious storybook character Dr. Doolittle was known for talking with animals. Caroline DeLong, an assistant professor of psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology, is a real-life ...