From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.

Greg Kincaid, who authored “A Dog Named Christmas,” is a practicing attorney who lives on a farm in eastern Kansas with his ...

The book’s family scenes emit an unmistakably warm glow, but ‘sweet home peace’ was mostly a fantasy for the author, as it is ...

As has been well-documented, Alan Alexander Milne created Winnie-the-Pooh to amuse his young son, Christopher Robin. An only child, the boy received a stuffed bear for his first birthday. The family ...

Cats are one of my favorite examples of this phenomenon: they’re usually aloof and anxious, yet they can be sweet and warm at ...