Animal shelters don’t run on schedules the way most places do. They run on timing nobody can predict — the exact week a heavy ...

Domestic cats have been living alongside humans for an estimated 10,000 years, first as rodent control and then as the couch-warmers we know and love. A far cry from the lone predator lifestyle of ...

Australia's unique animal species are in sharp decline, with more than 40 mammal extinctions over the past 238 years. This atrocious mammal conservation record is the worst in the world. Unfortunately ...

Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When it comes to animal-assisted services (AAS), dogs have long ...

Davis is a veterinarian, epidemiologist, and One Health expert. Carlin is a veterinarian and biodefense policy expert. Sorrell is a virologist and biosafety expert. Stiefel is a biodefense and ...

I've lived in New York for decades and one of my favorite discoveries is the bodega cat. Bodegas are convenience stores, which sell everything from beer to batteries to lottery tickets. Many of them ...

Royal Veterinary College research should make anyone with a cat think carefully this autum ...

New research is painting a very different picture about the relationship between cats and their owners, one in which cats not only really do have affection for their owners, but the two are in fact ...

Cats may recognize each other through unique fatty acid signatures in urine that remain stable for hours after a scent mark is left.

Companion Animal Psychology (CAP), created by the prolific, award-winning psychologist, dog and cat expert, and Psychology Today contributor Zazie Todd, is now 14 years old. Zazie is still running it ...