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 ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

It wasn't looking good for Major. The terrier had been badly attacked by another dog, and his back leg was severely injured. To make matters worse, a record-breaking snowstorm had made it impossible ...

Can animals help students better manage their own feelings? The leader of one popular Florida field trip destination says yes. The Alaqua Animal Refuge, which stretches across 100 acres in Florida’s ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil ...

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