Tag: Pets/Ethology

Credit: Lancaster University An outbreak of vomiting among dogs has been traced back to a type of animal coronavirus by ...

Switch to cage-free alternatives for farm animals is possible, but only with appropriate supporting measuresCredit: Kipster Between 2018 and 2020, ...

University of Cincinnati researcher tackles cardiac condition in cats after baffled owner reaches outCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati In an ...

How do fireflies defend themselves against predators?Credit: BRANDON ALMS A new study at Tel Aviv University reveals a possible defense ...

Credit: Patrizia De Nisi The more colorful a food, the more nutritious it probably is. For example, purple corn contains ...

Osaka City University shows experimental evidence of an altruistic nature in small convict cichlid fishCredit: Shun Satoh, Masanori Kohda OSAKA, ...

Credit: Monica E. Staniek Dogs infected with the Leishmania parasite smell more attractive to female sand flies than males, say ...

Much still remains a mystery as to the Shelduck's migrationCredit: ©Philip Croft/BTO New research, just published in the journal Ringing ...

Tel Aviv University participates in international studyCredit: Tel Aviv University About 1.8 million envenoming snakebites occur around the world annually, ...

Project builds on 'One Health' testing and disease surveillance collaborations in ArizonaCredit: Photo: Courtesy of TGen. PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March ...

Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - If you haven't been the parent or caregiver of an infant in recent ...

Assistance dogs' paws are cleaner than their users' shoe soles, Utrecht University researchers discoverCredit: Private photo of Iris and Sandy ...

With three out of four newly emerging infectious human diseases originating in animals, there is an urgent need to monitor ...

Researchers discover new features of a gene defect that affects the length of the muzzle and caudal vertebrae in dogsCredit: ...

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Dogs synchronize their behavior with the children in their family, but not as ...

Dogs understand the relationship between their body and the environment in a problem solving taskCredit: Photo: Rita Lenkei / ELTE ...

Dogs put the fun into learning vital social skillsCredit: UBC Okanagan A new UBC Okanagan study finds children not only ...

Credit: City University of Hong Kong The global problem of unowned domestic cats, driven by the cats' phenomenal reproductive success, ...

Scientists demonstrate in a species of beetle that males adopt different survival tactics depending on the size of their mandibles, ...

Dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four timesCredit: Photo by Claudia Fugazza A new study found that ...