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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

We put on a pair of “cattle vision” goggles to see how livestock perceive their world. Learn why understanding that is better ...

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 ...

Nature has a way of creating animals that seem too strange to be real. With unusual shapes and appearances that feel almost otherworldly, some animals look like they belong in a science fiction film ...