Rheumatoid arthritis is an illness where the body’s own immune system mistakenly attacks the joints. This causes pain, ...

Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

The Saugus Public Library celebrated Earth Day one day late with the help of Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment ...

A Thor man pleaded guilty to animal neglect with serious injury for starving and mistreating 29 German shepherd dogs. But a judge ruled that he is still allowed to own two dogs. David Kelly Collan, 72 ...

Lorenzo Franco Alcocer, 40, has been accused of dragging three Chihuahuas behind his pickup truck as he drove several hundred ...

A new book explains much of what is known about these diverse animals, including pleasure and sex—as well as the downsides of our misleading perceptions of these sentient beings.

Rock Bottom Rocker Pet Pantry President Shawna Kluge assisted with transporting an injured bald eagle to Washington State ...

Pets can be great at hiding pain. Unlike a small child who runs a temperature or cries when he feels unwell, our pets cannot ...

The bill would bar state money from paying for research on cats and dogs if it causes significant pain and benefits humans, ...

True suffering is tied to conscious experience, which only emerges when the higher brain becomes functionally connected.” ...

As governments and industry move to ban the culling of male chicks, a central question continues to shape public policy, research funding and ethical debates: When can a chick embryo feel pain?

At the Atlanta Science Festival in March, Dr. Jaap de Roode discussed his book, "Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes & Other ...