Think about the last time you saw a spider scurrying across your floor or a snake slithering through the grass. Your heart probably raced, your palms got sweaty, and you might've even jumped back ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Prescription drugs indicated for use in veterinary medicine can be ...

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we catch from them, according to a major new analysis of viral genomes. Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we ...

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over ...

Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine. Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife adapting to ...

Interestingly, carnivorous fish like tuna, salmon, and swordfish don’t fall under this “humans don’t eat carnivores” rule.

It has long been debated whether animals can smell fear in humans. Unfortunately, answering this age-old question isn't as simple as pulling Fluffy or Fido aside and asking them what they're sensing.

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...

Anna Jon-And receives funding from from the Swedish Research Council and has received funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Johan Lind has received funding from the Swedish Research ...

Keller Kopf does research on long-lived animals and has received grants associated with the management and conservation of fisheries and wildlife. In humans and other animals, ageing is generally ...

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is slated to be a universal animal language translator, thus you can speak with your favorite pet, such as a lovable dog. In today’s column, I explore a touted ...