But donkeys, especially, are known to be intelligent and sentient, with strong social bonds and a gentle nature, according to ...

Friendship in the animal world doesn’t follow a rulebook. While we tend to assume animals naturally stick to their own kind, real life keeps proving otherwise, with often ridiculously sweet results.

An orphaned monkey using a puppy as his jungle gym. A dog and a fawn lovingly grooming each other. A pit bull and a pig cuddling up for a nap. In the animal kingdom, there are unlikely relationships ...

The internet has given us so many videos and photos of animals doing amazing things. But some of the best ones show creatures becoming friends in ways that just don’t make sense. Dogs hanging out with ...

Ever seen a dog babysit a duck? Or a lion cuddle with a tiny dachshund? The animal kingdom is full of surprises, but nothing beats the unlikely friendships that somehow just work. Sometimes, the most ...

Unexpected animal friendships unfold as unlikely forest pals bond in surprising ways.

There are always surprises looming in the study of animal behavior. Just this week I learned that rare and critically endangered Ethiopian wolves living in the alpine grasslands form a pact with ...