You love your dog -- and you just KNOW that your dog loves you back, right? A new study could confirm what many of us have ...

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 ...

Animals can teach you how to forgive each other after a conflict with true reconciliation, no hard feelings, no pent-up resentment, and anger, but with a kiss and some tail wagging. Humans, on the ...

A new study challenges the belief in a universal “pet effect” on human well-being. Using data collected during COVID-19 lockdowns, researchers found no significant change in respondents' well-being ...

Pets mean a lot to their guardians and are widely believed to be good for human well-being, something called “the pet effect” (although the research on this is conflicting). One of the ways in which ...

Uplifting stories with happy endings are the stuff that dreams are made of. Now, if that story also happens to center on animal happiness or humans being kind to their four-legged, fluffy, and furry ...

The bond between humans and horses dates back thousands of years, and horses occupy a unique position in human life, falling somewhere between working animals and companion animals. Humans have long ...

Searching the web leads to countless studies that show that pets (a.k.a. companion animals) have various positive effects on many aspects of people's quality of life. Of course, this isn't so for all ...