Play is important for animals in captivity, both as an indicator of their emotional states and as a contributor to their long ...

Nonhuman animal (animal) play is a topic that has received a good detailed attention in recent years (see and and, for example) because coming to an understanding of this behavior is central to ...

We tend to think of play as a human thing, something kids do for fun, or adults return to when they finally get a break. However, animals play too, and not just pets. From crows sliding down snowy ...

But not with play. In quiet desperation, play researchers have come up with more than two dozen possible benefits of play but, in spite of four decades of effort, they’ve found conclusive evidence for ...

Animals such as royal birds, trained for hunting, and bulls, revered and feared, are a part of traditions that show how much human society has relied on animals for survival and celebration. Although ...