According to a new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour, that difference may not be your imagination. Researchers ...

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

Scientists studying 1,300 golden retrievers have uncovered genetic clues explaining why some dogs are more anxious, energetic, or aggressive than others. Remarkably, several of the same genes linked ...

Such is the case in this video, where a stunning Collie does a daredevil trust fall with their human mama. Not only does this ...

Unseen but all around us, the air we breathe in enclosed spaces is crucial to our health and well-being. Indoor air is not simply outdoor air that has been run through a filter: it has its own ...

Why does your dog rush to "help" when you are searching for something, while your cat seems… eh, less concerned? New research suggests that this difference may stem from deep evolutionary roots—and ...

Dogs have a special chemistry with humans that goes back many tens of thousands of years. Researchers investigated this special evolutionary relationship from a number of different angles. Their ...

What makes a dog stop cold on a winter trail and refuse to listen? That question turned an ordinary walk through Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge into a rescue. Chris O’Neil was hiking with his young ...

If you’re one of the many Massachusetts residents sick with the flu right now, you may be distancing yourself from others to prevent the spread. But there is at least one close relation you don’t need ...

“I swear all rescues just know they were saved, the way they look into your soul," one user wrote.