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In “The Boy and the Beast,” the latest animated feature from Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (“Wolf Children”), a street urchin is taken in and raised by anthropomorphic animals. But it is the world ...

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, ...

Some critics of anthropomorphism want it both ways but their double-talk is very misleading Over the years I’ve noticed a curious phenomena. If a scientist says that an animal is happy, no one ...

More than 2,500 people have gathered in Berlin for Eurofurence, a convention for "furries" – lovers of anthropomorphic cartoon animals. Many of those attending Europe's largest "furry" convention wear ...

From laughing zebras to goofy grizzlies, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards celebrates 2016's funniest snaps of animals - and asks us to think about their future. Bringing together conservation ...

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Artist Pete Fowler is famous for his striking Super Furry Animals album covers Super Furry Animals cover artist Pete Fowler is penning a comic about a bin that turns out to be an "inter-dimensional ...

Artist Pete Fowler is famous for his striking Super Furry Animals album covers Super Furry Animals cover artist Pete Fowler is penning a comic about a bin that turns out to be an "inter-dimensional ...