When your dog gazes up at you adoringly, what does it see? A best friend? A pack leader? A can opener? Many dog lovers make all kinds of inferences about how their pets feel about them, but no one has captured images of actual canine thought processes …
Wildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles – one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet – are not a reservoir of foot-and-mouth disease (FM…
Following the AHVLA’s confirmation of the discovery of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on four sheep farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and East Sussex, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has renewed its call for heightened vigilance. Scientists believe that t…
Contact allergy affects around 20% of the population in the western world. Scientists are working intensively to develop alternative test methods that do not require animal testing. A research group at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now deve…
The emotions of rats and mice and the mental infrastructure behind them promise to illuminate the nature of human emotions, including empathy and nurturance, a Washington State University neuroscientist writes in this Friday’s issue of the journal Scie…
Shirley, an orangutan, who used to be regularly given cigarettes by zoo visitors will have to quit because a Malaysian wildlife official said “smoking is not normal behavior for orangutans.” Shirley used to live in a state-run zoo in Johor, a state in …
To most people, the term epilepsy conjures up images of generalized convulsive seizures with salivation and loss of consciousness for several minutes. However, cats are known to show strange types of seizures in which consciousness is usually impaired…
According to a study published online in the Veterinary Record, puppies who are separated from their litters too soon are considerably more likely to develop possible problematic behaviors as adults in comparison to those who stay with the litter for a…
