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Our study of dog thefts during the COVID pandemic has given us insights into preventing dognapping.
In most primates one sex isn’t dominant over the other.
Community discussions help to explore what the future may hold for animals by 2050.
Some studies indicate children with pets may be less likely to have allergies. But the evidence can be tricky to interpret.
How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental processes in animals − and in people.
Why human testicles are so different to chimpanzees’ and gorillas’.
If bats’ way of living falters, entire food webs could feel the effects.
Scientists have found a gene that is linked to noisier cats.
The story of Valerie, the dachshund recaptured after almost 18 months living on Kangaroo Island raises serious questions about what life is best for our pets.
Mice don’t just use their whiskers as a sense of touch.
The plants chimpanzees use to treat their wounds have been found to have medicinal properties.
And do they go far enough?
The study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals.
Some say Latin names are elitist and incomprehensible, but they started out as a way to be inclusive.
The pace of investment to manage diseases transmissible from animals to humans is dangerously slow.
Parasites do creatively gruesome things to their host.
Recursion was thought to be a unique feature of human language.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a bird?
The evolutionary reason so many birds help raise other parents’ chicks.
Six large companies own most UK vet surgeries, but it’s how practices are run that really shapes care.



















