Extrapolation of findings in animal studies on the effects of nootropics to possible effects in humans has several limitations. Humans are different than other animals. There’s a difference in how ...

Many animals have been useful to humankind. Dogs have hunted with us. Horses have carried us around and plowed our fields. Cats have … I don’t know. It’ll come to me. In any case, perhaps the most ...

For animal lovers, it's hard to see stray dogs and cats living in crowded animal shelters, especially knowing how many millions of animals are euthanized every year due to the lack of space and ...

You herd it here first. Two women from England have started an emotional support group for those who may be struggling with their mental health – and are using sheep to help soothe. Emma Redman, 37, ...

Animal studies are of limited usefulness to human health because they are of poor quality and their results often conflict with human trials, argue researchers in a study on bmj.com today. Before ...

A new report published in the British Medical Journal finds that using animals for drug trials often yields inaccurate results. A team of researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ...

The killing of a young giraffe at a Danish zoo — after which it was publicly butchered and fed to a lion — breaks what should be the most inviolate if unwritten contract when humans remove wild ...