The animal world is full of games. And tucked in among wrestling monkeys, belligerent birds and wily coyotes are lessons for us all. By Erik Vance As a sophomore in college I interned at a lab that ...

The weather is getting warmer. Flowers are in bloom, the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing, and my allergies are killing me—spring is definitely in the air. One of my favorite parts of the ...

In this activity, your child will play a game to match animals’ body parts. Together you will observe and compare body parts to match with other players’ animal cards. Then your child will explain the ...

This post is in response to When Children Play, They Follow the Golden Rules of Fairness By Peter Gray Ph.D. Twelve years ago, I published a kid's book called Animals at Play: Rules of the Game. I was ...

Librarians read Librarians read “Five Little Chicks" by Lily Murray and “My Farm Friends” by Wendell Minor during the event, which drew 323 children age 4 and younger and 379 adults. Preschool kids ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A summer camp hosted by the Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation is providing a group of kids with a week long of fun activities, as well as several educational ...

Anyone who has ever chucked a tennis ball in the general vicinity of a border collie knows that some animals take play very seriously. The intense stare, the tremble of anticipation, the apparent joy ...

The Kratt Brothers often point out that similar-looking animals can have big differences. When identified correctly, these differences can give clues about how animals use their creature powers! In ...

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...