Encountering unwanted animals, such as rats or snakes, is already unpleasant. However, the situation can get even worse when ...

The Public and Private Life of Animals (1877) by J. Thomas is a satirical book about animal life from the 19th century. My favorite thing about this book are the incredible illustrations. I can't get ...

Most of the time, I illustrate other people’s stories — for every three or four I do for someone else, I do one of my own ...

Travel back through time to meet the world’s most enormous animals, brace yourself for the final fantastic adventure in a ...

Njeri Wangari does Kenya's animals justice in this book, in which she talks about their characteristics in a witty, rhyming ...

ASTANA – The Kazakh Tazy breed has been included for the first time in “Dogs of the World,” a book by Lili Chin featuring ...

In “What Fell From the Sky,” by Adrianna Cuevas, and “Oasis,” by Guojing, the best examples of humanity aren’t necessarily human. By Donna Barba Higuera Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy ...

By The New York Times Books Staff These vintage books introduce the archetypes, settings and lavishly bonkers sensibility that are the hallmarks of great romance. By Olivia Waite Two new books ...

Our ethics columnist weighs in on the dilemma about when a predator has the right to act like a predator—and when it crosses ...

Children are curious. They ask questions. A few weeks ago a little girl asked me about the “crack” in my chest: the scar from heart valve surgery in 2010. Sometimes it’s difficult to know ...

We are happy to present you with some of the most bizarre and hilarious characters drawn in a unique style by Kyle Beaudette.

John Sayles' new novel, " To Save the Man ," is set in 1890 and follows several students coming of age at a Pennsylvania ...