11 Movies Where Main Characters Transform Into Animals, Ranked

Check out our top picks for films where the main character turns into an animal, ranked according to the impact of the ...
STAT

The story of the giraffe, its neck, and a possible treatment for human heart disease

Nicholas St. Fleur covered the intersection of race, medicine, and the life sciences. He hosted STAT’s health equity podcast, Color Code. For much of Barbara Natterson-Horowitz’s career, her work has ...

Animals may feel like us, but the way we think is different

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, ...
Variety

How the ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Prosthetics Designer Created Lazlo’s Hybrid Creatures

SPOILER ALERT: This contains spoilers from FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” Season 5, Episode 7 now streaming on Hulu. The human-animal hybrid has been done countless times before, so when “What We Do ...
AOL

These Animals Behave So Much Like Humans It’s Unsettling

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...
Slate

How to Care About Animals Without Being Weird

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy about their new book, Our Kindred Creatures: How ...