Pets have evolved from practical helpers to our emotional companions, but are we truly fulfilling their needs?

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Scientists trace the origins of human kissing back over 20 million years to ancient apes who first showed gentle ...

After centuries of domestication, pets have learned to pick up on verbal and behavioral cues to gauge their owner's mood.

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Now, newly discussed research is challenging that assumption, with a study now suggesting that dogs may experience forms of ...

A new study shows that parakeets will test the waters before trying to make friends, a behavior humans can use.

If you live with a cat, you already know this: you think you’re in charge. I do. I have two feline maniacs as well as my two ...

Humans and other animals actively sense their surrounding environment. This entails the deliberate adjustment of motor ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed—even detachable. They're one of the most diverse structures ...

UC Davis is ideally placed to be a leader in this new field. It is the biggest, greenest campus in the UC system, a ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...