Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...

Lindsey Braun, vice president of research and operations for the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, discusses the nonprofit organization's work, in a dvm360 interview.

Animal therapy or pet therapy refers to the use of animals as a way to help people cope with and recover from some physical and mental health conditions. Depending on the function of the therapy, ...