When it comes to affectionate and friendly animals, most people opt for cats or dogs, but there are others who take a more interesting route, choosing rodents, birds, reptiles, or fish. Signs that a ...

Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine. Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife adapting to ...

Pets can be like another member of the family. Well, at least that's the way it is in my house. There's no better feeling than when my dog runs to the door to greet me when I get home from a long day ...

Queen guitarist Brian May has been hosting an animal hospital on his property and pitching in personally, according to the BBC. The Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue has been in operation for over 30 ...

Whether animals can experience romantic love is unknown. But there is some evidence that they are capable of experiencing the same range of emotions as we can. The brains of many mammals are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doggone it, a four-legged wedding? Yes, it was. And it was for a great cause. It was also seriously over-the-top, overstated, crazy, unimaginable — but oh, what a night! I don't know where to begin to ...

You might think you know which animals and plants are considered "domesticated" or “domestic” and which ones aren't—but a new definition has launched a big debate among scientists. Scientists are ...