I traced my family's maternal line from a home for abandoned children in Italy to my own wheelchair, confronting the myths we cling to about what makes a good mother — and the damage they do.

A new study reveals the most prevalent crimes against Australia’s wildlife and environment.

Here’s how a natural compound can easily trick your brain.

Can you be too attached to your pet? More than 100 studies have found surprising links between strong pet attachment and psychological distress.

In the last 18 months there have been moves to ban greyhound racing in New Zealand, Scotland, Wales and Tasmania. What are the tipping points that make the industry no longer politically and financial...

To supply high demand for exotic pets, animals are harvested illegally from the wild and laundered as captive bred. However, there are currently limited methods to identify captive or wild origins of....

We discuss the intricate relationship between the evolution of the concept of stress and the development of the concept of animal welfare. After a brief review of the main concepts of animal welfare,....

We’ve genetically selected dogs to want to be with us, and unfortunately this means many don’t cope well when they’re alone.

“I knew the risk factors … but I had completely ignored them creeping into my own life,” this researcher writes

Exhaustion. Sleep deprivation. Feeling depressed and guilty. Lingering doubts and regret. If you’ve had a puppy, this may all sound grimly familiar.

In his controversial research, Harry Harlow demonstrated the powerful effects of love. Learn about his monkey mother experiment and the impact it had on psychology.

Just as caring for a human loved one can come at great personal cost, a growing body of research shows people with a seriously ill pet experience ‘caregiver burden’.

One of Australia’s pet microchip registries, HomeSafeID, could soon go defunct. Here’s how to make sure your pet’s details are up to date.

The plane’s cabin is an unfamiliar and stressful environment for your pet. And people with allergies or phobias may not want to share the plane with dogs and cats.

Childhood and Adolescent Animal Harm (CAAH) is influenced by biological, psychological and socio-environmental risk factors. Interventions to prevent animal harm among children and young people are es...

Although animals can’t use human language, art is beyond words. As Edward Hopper wrote, ‘If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.’

American parents see spanking as a form of hitting but less severe, with 30% finding it acceptable for children, compared to 17% for pets. One-third reconsidered spanking after comparing it to other family violence.

There are many unhelpful stereotypes about cats. Veterinarian Anne Quain explains how seeing things from the perspective of these complex creatures can help everyone get along.

The ginger colour in cats’ coats has a curious link to being male or female. Now, scientists have finally pinpointed the gene responsible.

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