Overall, people are better at detecting the intensity of the emotion in zoo animals rather than whether it’s a good or bad one. Humans were better at recognizing negative zoo animal emotions than ...

In CUriosity, experts across the CU Boulder campus answer pressing questions about humans, our planet and the universe beyond. This week, Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

Groundbreaking study shows machine learning can decode emotions in seven ungulate species. A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence help us understand what animals feel? A ...

For years, scientists have tried to understand how animals express emotions. Unlike humans, they cannot describe their ...

When I received Multiple Gold Medal–Winning Author Milana Anderson's latest book Animal Fairy Tales: Bedtime Animal Short Stories for Kids (Book Ten: Touch of Love) and started reading it, I couldn't ...

This post is in response to The Eclectic Father of Cognitive Ethology By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Source: Jeffrey Eisen/Pexels. A growing number of people, including academics and non-academic folks, are ...

Humans are social beings and complex emotions have always been a part of human evolution but did you ever wonder that some animals are also capable of showing complex emotions just like humans. Well ...