Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyrigh -- Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1: Our Close Bonds with Cats and Dogs -- 1.1 Why Do Cats Purr?: By Leslie A. Lyons -- 1.2 What You Don't Know About Your Dog's Nostrils: By Julie Hecht -- 1.3 Why Cats Taste No Sweets: By David Biello -- 1.4 How House Cats Evolved: By Carlos A. Driscoll, Juliet Clutton-Brock, Andrew C. Kitchener, Stephen J. O'Brien -- 1.5 Untangling the Mystery of How Fido Became Humankind's Best Friend: By Jason G. Goldman -- 1.6 What a Dog Geneticist Wants You to Know about Dog Genetics: By Julie Hecht -- 1.7 Good News for Dogs with Cancer: By Amy Sutherland -- 1.8 What Is a Dog Anyway?: By Pat Shipman -- Section 2: Exploring How Animals Communicate -- 2.1 Wolves Have Local Howl Accents: By Jason G. Goldman -- 2.2 How Do Bonobos and Chimpanzees Talk to One Another?: By Felicity Muth -- 2.3 The First "Google Translate" for Elephants Debuts: By Rachel Nuwer -- 2.4 "Chatty Turtles" Flip the Script on the Evolutionary Origins of Vocalization in Animals: By Pakinam Amer -- 2.5 How Scientists Are Using AI to Talk to Animals: By Sophie Bushwick -- Section 3: Animal Psychology and Behavior -- 3.1 Many Animals Can Think Abstractly: By Andrea Anderson -- 3.2 We Are Not the Same (& -- That Is Fine): Different Approaches to Animal Behavior: By DNLee -- 3.3 Do Dogs Have Mirror Neurons?: By Ádám Miklósi -- 3.4 The World According to Dogs: By Julie Hecht -- 3.5 1 Sneeze, 1 Vote among African Wild Dogs: By Jason G. Goldman -- 3.6 New Research Questions "Pawedness" in Dogs: By Julie Hecht -- 3.7 Small Dogs Aim High When They Pee: By Julie Hecht -- Section 4: Quirks of the Human-Pet Bond -- 4.1 Cuteness Inspires Aggression: By Carrie Arnold -- 4.2 We Surrender Our Dogs. Help Scientists Understand Why.: By Julie Hecht -- 4.3 Why So Many People Have Pets: By Daisy Yuhas.

4.4 Good (and Bad) Ways to Help a Dog Afraid of Fireworks: By Julie Hecht -- 4.5 Culture Shapes How Children View the Natural World: By Jason G. Goldman -- 4.6 People with COVID Often Infect Their Pets: By Frank Schubert -- 4.7 Most Pets Can't Sweat: Here's What You Can Do for Them in a Heat Wave: By Stella Marie Hombach -- Section 5: Other Pets in Our Lives -- 5.1 What is the Difference Between Hair and Fur?: By Kate Wong -- 5.2 Ferrets: Man's Other Best Friend: By Jason G. Goldman -- 5.3 Our Love of Exotic Pets Is Driving Wildlife Decline: By Richard Conniff -- 5.4 How Do We Prevent Pets from Becoming Exotic Invaders?: By Jim Daley -- 5.5 Why Pet Pigs Are More like Wolves Than Dogs: By Jason G. Goldman -- 5.6 Online Reptile Trade Is a Free-for-All That Threatens Thousands of Species: By Rachel Nuwer -- 5.7 New Vaccine Could Save Rabbits from Fatal Disease: By Tatum McConnell -- Glossary -- Further Information -- Citation -- Index -- Backcover.