The emotional moment a shy and scared rescue dog finally let her new owner touch her was captured on camera. Marcy Merritt, a first-year dental student and long-time dog rescuer in Memphis, Tennessee, ...

Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom. Her current focus is on trending life stories and human-interest features on a variety of topics ranging from relationships ...

Petting your dog is one of the great privileges you have as an animal carer, but there may be more of a risk than we once thought. According to Dr. Emily Levine, a board-certified veterinary ...

For years, 4-year-old Waylon, who has nonverbal level three autism, showed little interest in his family’s dog, Stella Until one quiet afternoon, a sweet moment was captured when Waylon gently reached ...