Take a class in animal behavior and you’ll probably receive a warning: Beware of anthropomorphism. Explaining animals in terms of human motivations, emotions, or mental characteristics invites ...

Have you ever assigned personalities to your pets and explained their behaviors in terms of human motivations, such as imagining that a cat is being stubborn? The attribution of human characteristics, ...

After remaining closed for nearly two years, Houghton Library premiered its exhibition “Animals Are Us” — which explores the use of animal anthropomorphism in literature — to the public this semester.

It’s easier to relate to someone you have something in common with; that feeling of connection can turn strangers into friends. And if those strangers belong to an entirely different species, then ...

“Look, I taped his mouth shut so he can’t bite you. You can hold it any way you want as long as you don’t drop it.” The zookeeper at Sawgrass Recreation Park in Everglades, Florida, then very ...

From Disney’s Zootopia to Kung Fu Panda, giving animals human traits isn’t just cute—it’s a powerful storytelling tool. Anthropomorphism lets creators explore identity, bias, and resilience in ways ...

In “Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide,” the Oxford don Charles Foster records his attempts to live as animals do—specifically, as a badger, an otter, a fox, a red deer, and a swift.

M y suburban neighborhood is one of those fortunate places inhabited by plenty of animals as well as people. Crows cavort outside my window; down the street is a pond where frogs lurk in the reeds and ...

I'm fascinated by the behaviour of animals, from the possum in our Garage, which will touch its (wet) nose to mine, but threaten to chomp it off with its powerful jaws if I don't back off swiftly (it ...

After remaining closed for nearly two years, Houghton Library premiered its exhibition “Animals Are Us” — which explores the use of animal anthropomorphism in literature — to the public this semester.