Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Think about the last time you saw a spider scurrying across your floor or a snake slithering through the grass. Your heart ...

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 ...

Humans have always been creatures of instinct, constantly attuned to the dangers lurking around them. But in today’s world, where encounters with wildlife are becoming increasingly rare, our fears of ...

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, ...

Does "the animal" exist? Toward a theory of social life with animals / Susan J. Pearson and Mary Weismantel -- Touching animals : the search for a deeper understanding of animals / Nigel Rothfels -- ...

Cutting off reproduction — from birth control to castration — consistently adds years to life across species, even humans.

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...

Human rights require the very opposite mindset. They demand that we value every life. Drawing artificial boundaries around ...