I've followed Dr. Clive Phillips' wide-ranging career and his eclectic transdisciplinary views of animal welfare and animal-human relationships. Clive was Australia's first professor of animal welfare ...

Guest Opinion. Altruism is helping without a benefit and sometimes at a risk to one’s self. Animals helping others of their own species makes sense to perpetuate the species or help continue their own ...

Some dogs don’t just bond with a family—they attach deeply to one special person. Animal behavior experts say these “velcro ...

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

Does "the animal" exist? Toward a theory of social life with animals / Susan J. Pearson and Mary Weismantel -- Touching animals : the search for a deeper understanding of animals / Nigel Rothfels -- ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 02 Zero hunger, SDG 03 Good health and well-being, SDG 14 Life Below Water, SDG 15 Life on Land and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption & ...

Why nature allows animals to have litters but not humans is a question that comes naturally when we compare ourselves to the ...

Across the planet, animals are increasingly suffering from chronic illnesses once seen only in humans. Cats, dogs, cows, and even marine life are facing rising rates of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, ...

Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures. By Alexandra Alter Alexandra Alter’s ...

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...

As humans, we can live as long as 80 to 120 years or even more, but there are some animals that exceed this number and can live for even up to 500 years! Yes, you read that right. The Greenland shark ...