If your dog is struggling with anxiety, their brain could be wired differently. Understanding these differences can help our furry best friends.
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The rising number of pets — and their importance to their owners — has prompted organizations to respond to the growing demographic of pet-owning employees.
The old UK dog licence system wasn’t fit for purpose. But there is another way.
Money-saving tips for people with pets.
Lockdown stopped many puppies developing the social skills they need to navigate the human world with confidence.
Most of us have heard of the dangers of deforestation but there are other more subtle ways that human beings can endanger monkeys, apes and lemurs.
A proposed scientific name is frenetic random activity periods (FRAPs). In rabbits, these high activity periods are called ‘binkies’. But many cat and dog-owners simply call them ‘zoomies’.
As omnivores, humans can choose to not consume any animal products. But what happens when we feed a vegan diet to our carnivore companions?
Are our animal companions showing off when they share more than toys with us? And what should we do about it?
Dogs have paw preferences, just like humans.
Will specific dog theft laws actually help stop this crime? The practical effects aren’t clear cut, but such laws do have symbolic value, recognising dogs aren’t merely property.
How can you get your kids to read this summer? Research has found they respond well to reading non-fiction – so we’ve gathered 6 top non-fiction books, recommended by the kids themselves.
There are many things you can do to help your pet when they’re sick.
Keeping human foods away from pets is one way to avoid emergency veterinary hospital runs during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s.
Breed matters. But dogs are mostly what we make of them, and they repay the effort we put into their behaviour tenfold.
To lose such a friend is not just to have sudden hole where they used to be. There are constant reminders of time spent together, threads in the tapestry of daily life left ragged and loose.
A scholar of law and humanities compares bans on dogs with any pit bull genes to “one drop” laws that once classified people with even a single Black ancestor as Black.
New research has found that a parasite first identified in dogs could help stimulate the human immune system to attack cells of cancerous tumours.
New research finds that psychological stress has an odour - and dogs can smell it.
Kangaroos are essentially peace-loving herbivores, but they’re known to attack if it feels cornered – or even if it sees a human as a sparring partner.
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Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Scotland's Rural College
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Fellow, Keele University
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Richard Malik is a Friend of The Conversation.
Veterinary Internist (Specialist), University of Sydney
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Animal Geographer, Keele University
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Veterinarian and PhD scholar, University of Sydney
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Professor, Management and Organizational Studies, Huron University College, Western University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Veterinary Education, Royal Veterinary College
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Reader, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
