10 Best Articles on Animals
The most useful articles on animals from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Animals Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on animals by Refind users in 2026 so far.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on animals—all under 10 minutes.
How Animals Are Shaped by Their Environment
Discover the remarkable ways that animals are shaped by the natural environment in which they live.
How These 4 Animals Can Regenerate and Why Humans Can’t
Everything you want to know about how and why some animals can regrow their body parts and what it takes for humans to learn to do so, too.
Are Humans the Only Animals That Lie?
Nonhuman animals can certainly deceive one another — and sometimes deceive humans. But are humans the only species that tell flat-out lies?
Timeline: The Domestication of Animals
While dogs weren’t always our docile companions, research indicates that they were likely one of the first animals to be domesticated by humans. In fact, genetic evidence suggests that dogs split from…
What does cancer smell like? These animals can sniff it out
It’s not just dogs: Even worms and ants can be trained to detect markers of illness, from COVID to tuberculosis.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on animals.
To understand AI sentience, first understand it in animals
As the power of AI grows, we need to have evidence of its sentience. That is why we must return to the minds of animals
Do Animals Dream?
What nonhuman animals experience while sleeping can be called dreaming, philosopher David Peña-Guzmán writes in a new book. This impacts how we should think about their interior lives.
90 Animals Ranked by Eyesight and How They Compare to Humans
Have you ever wondered how animals see the world? As animals have evolved more complex bodies and behaviors, their eyes have also evolved to suit their survival needs. The team at Lasik by OCLI Vision…
Animals Can Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.
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