Kristi Rosa

Researchers take a closer look at how Komodo dragons interact with their environment to better understand the microbial health of captive animals.

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a “Consumer Update” on how smoking is not only bad for humans, but it has negative effects on the health of pets.

Researchers from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals identify different injury patterns in motor vehicle accident cases and animal abuse cases.

In honor of “One Health Day,” the American Veterinary Medical Association teamed up with the American Academy of Pediatrics in a collaborative effort to improve and protect the health of both humans and animals.

Shiba inus have been gaining popularity across the internet through a number of funny memes and listicles, but before taking one home with you, make sure that you do your homework.

A new study has found that animal-assisted therapy can help fight homesickness in first-year university students.

Researchers have discovered that giraffe should not just be grouped under a single species, but, rather, four genetically isolated species.

Through the use of computer simulations and a controlled experiment, researchers at Clemson University have found that models that have been used to predict the extinction of specific species due to climate change are not as accurate as previously thought.

According to three studies, childhood cat ownership may be a possible risk factor for the development of schizophrenia, or other serious mental illnesses, and the explanation might lie in closer examination of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

The first comprehensive country-specific feline health survey has been conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Centre.

A new study was the first step in understanding how dogs understand human speech, and researchers found that dogs use the left hemisphere of their brains to process words where the right hemisphere is used to process vocal intonation and when words and intonation match, the brain region with the dogs’ reward center is activated.

Researchers at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found that dogs have a genetic predisposition to aggression directed towards an owner or a familiar dog; this fear and aggression is not the same as when those feelings are directed toward unfamiliar dogs and humans.

A recent study has shown that a gene mutation associated with weight and food motivation has been found specifically in Labrador and flat coat retrievers, occurring even more frequently in Labradors who are used as assistance dogs.

A follow-up study has found that owning a pet dog can both reduce stress and improve family functionality in families who have a child with autism.

A new study shows that more dogs prefer praise from their owners over food when being rewarded for good behavior.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has licensed their FMD DNA vaccine to Plumbline Life Sciences, a vaccine that targets multiple serotypes of the FMD infection.

Early identification and intervention for canine troops that exhibit symptoms of C-PTSD is needed in order to ensure safety in combat environments as well as provide the enlisted dogs with adequate and effective treatment.

A Salem veterinary clinic as well as a few animal rescue groups from the area partnered up in an effort to save an emaciated dog that was found wandering in Lyons, a city in Linn County, Oregon, on Tuesday afternoon.

A 26-year-long study conducted by The University of Nottingham has found that there has been a notable decline in the fertility of dogs that can potentially be linked back to early exposure to environmental contaminants.