Anyone who’s ever had a pet knows that animals love in ways that feel just as profound as human affection. A recent Instagram video — posted by @arrowwoodfamily — of two Golden Retriever siblings ...

If there were a book about cute ways to show affection without kissing, the cat in this video would likely want his owner’s sister to read it—on an urgent basis! "In this video, my sister, Chayce, is ...

Long before it became a familiar sign of romance or affection, kissing appears to have taken shape among the earliest ancestors of humans and other great apes. A new study led by the University of ...

In an ancient grave in what’s now northwestern Argentina, a person was buried with a canine companion — but this animal friend wasn’t a dog, according to new research. The burial held the skeleton of ...

C.S. Lewis once said, “Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.” As I look around at my wife cuddling the animals (and me), I have to ...

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