MARC BEKOFF: ‘Studies of the emotional lives of numerous and diverse nonhuman animals (animals) consistently show that some humans wrongly underestimate what they’re able to pick up from the behavior of other individuals. Two recent studies of chimpanzees and one on goats caught my eye because they reveal emotional capacities—emotional intelligence and emotional contagion—that show … Continue reading The Rich Emotional Lives of Chimpanzees and Goats