Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals.

A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks.

If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.

Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.

To endow animals with human emotions has long been a scientific taboo. But if we do not, we risk missing something fundamental, about both animals and us.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.