It was always a joy to watch those laughing, giggling and fighting animals in cartoon films. Of course, a lot of their discussions and emotional responses were exaggerations and came from human ...

Laughter is often called the most human sound. It carries joy, relief, connection, and sometimes even healing. For centuries, we believed that laughter belonged only to us, a special emotional ...

While animals might not understand a human joke, researchers have identified at least 65 species that make distinct sounds while playing. Discover how the playful panting of a chimp or the ultrasonic ...

In fact, when they were tickled, laughter from both apes and humans was isochronous, meaning that the laughs followed a ...

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If you thought laughter was just a human trait, you couldn't be more wrong. Many animals have their own unique ways of expressing joy. If you've ever watched a dog with its tongue flopping out or seen ...

Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests.

Whether animals have a sense of humor was the focus of a recent Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussion. Certainly the juveniles of many animal species exhibit play behavior ...

This post is in response to The Seven Things That Only Human Beings Can Do By Neel Burton M.A., M.D. This weekend I received a few emails about a recent essay written for Psychology Today titled "The ...