Dr. Rustin Moore argues that human-animal interactions are more than feel-good phenomena and that these connections enhance health, resilience, and well-being, often in unnoticed ways.

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as ...

It’s important to remember that we humans are simply animals. A very advanced species, but members of the animal kingdom nonetheless. We all need water, food, and shelter to survive, but we also share ...

Humans and animals like the same sounds, new research reveals, proving Charles Darwin correct. The findings show that people ...

Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new study found that animals and humans tend to prefer many of the same ...

Scientists have mapped the genetics of cancer in cats for the first time at scale, uncovering major overlaps with human ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

While this is obvious at home, the connection between pets and wellbeing is becoming more visible in the workplace too. Mars has been a pet-friendly workplace for more than 15 years. In that time, ...

Paraxanthine, a compound the body naturally produces when it breaks down caffeine, is starting to appear in energy drinks and ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Scientists call this phenomenon emotional mimicry. Biologists and psychologists consider this automatic matching of another’s ...