Institutions that tested cat therapy sessions reported enthusiastic responses from students who already favored felines at ...

While therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services (AAS), new research from Washington State University says ...

While dogs have long been the first choice when it comes to service animals, it turns out that cats may actually enjoy ...

Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.

This episode features whale sharks, smooth stingrays, spider crabs, crown-of-thorns starfish, koalas and dingos.

Originally, scientists like Linnaeus grouped animals based on their looks. Many animals have similar traits because they’re related, called homologous traits. But they can also have similar ...

In the world of agriculture, a primary goal is maintaining genetic varieties necessary for evolution, be it crops or ...

Bong Joon Ho loves a critter. The director continues his embrace of adorable animated creatures in “Mickey 17,” his sci-fi ...

Let's explore some of these most recent designer dog breeds from oldest to the newest, along with their origin and why people ...

Extraordinary Animals Episode 1 features echidnas, tarantulas, archerfish, humpback whales, cockatoos and riflebirds.

For years, therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services (AAS), offering stress relief to college students, hospital patients, and those in need of emotional support. But research ...

Rob Taft, a principal scientist at The Jackson Laboratory, a biomedical research institution that helped pioneer humanized lab mice, said via email that the woolly mouse was an "innovative extension ...