Heather Neave researches animal welfare, a field focused on understanding what practices can improve the lives of animals on ...

Discover how pets boost mood, lower stress, and improve health, backed by science exploring the powerful human-animal bond.

Dr. Mike Dacey analyses the challenges researchers face when studying the cognitive and emotional lives of animals and offers ...

Which animal kills the most humans per year? If you guessed sharks, you'd be wrong ...

Animal testing has shaped medicine for decades. Discover new alternatives, changing laws, and the future of humane science.

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that took over ...

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Ever wondered how some animals manage to survive without the luxury of a good night's rest while we humans desperately need our eight hours? The animal kingdom is packed with creatures that seem to ...

What would you say to your favourite animal if you could finally communicate with it? Researchers around the world are now closer than ever to making that possible. With advances in machine learning ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — South Dakota State University’s Animal Science Department has become the first four-year animal science in the nation to earn accreditation from the American Society of Animal ...

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy's new book offers a history of the moral revolution on behalf of animals and ask us to honor the ...

When Lexi Roloson decided to become a veterinarian, she had a problem: it was her senior year of college, and she had zero veterinary work experience, a requirement for the competitive veterinary ...