Animals have culture like us, but will share theirs with other species

Research has looked into owners’ conflicting views about their horses’ welfare and lives

Amazing answers to your curious questions

There are many reasons why animal species band together with others of their kind – for protection in numbers, to achieve a common goal, to safeguard young or to maximise breeding opportunities. But a

Can communal beliefs be reconciled with empirical facts?

Can we really bring back long-extinct animals, or are scientists just making close copies?

Unfairly maligned as a sneaky troublemaker, the quicksilver ferret is a characterful, curious and highly intelligent creature–with fascinating regal and cultural trappings to boot, writes Octavia Pollock