Treating your dog like a child may seem like a modern practice, but it actually has ancient roots. Cultural historian Ainsley Hawthorn dives into the fascinating history of pet ownership in this piece ...

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Stories centered around true love's kiss might be tales as old as time. And, according to a new study, kisses might even have been around before humans walked the earth. Humans kiss each other ...

In late October, a 10-month-old German shepherd mix arrived at Pasadena Humane as a stray. A Good Samaritan had found her wandering the streets of Pasadena with no owner in sight. Our veterinary ...

Many people consider their pets to be a part of their family. Yet dogs and cats have a massive and underdiscussed climate pawprint. Is there a way to reduce your furry friend's greenhouse gas ...

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With dexterous childlike hands and cheeky “masks,” raccoons are North America’s ubiquitous backyard bandits. The critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that ...

A St. Cloud pet supplies store is hosting a pet food drive through November 30. The drive is in response to uncertainty around federal food assistance programs like SNAP. Pet Evolution will accept ...

Ella al-Shamahi is a palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist who grew up as a creationist. She talks to Here & Now's Scott Tong about how, when she went to college, she thought she'd be able ...

Sometimes developers push an update that breaks everything—and for Earth, that was The Great Dying. In this deep-dive, explore how mass volcanic activity and runaway climate effects deleted most ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...