You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.

Across species from pets to wildlife, chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and arthritis are increasingly common — and humans share much of the blame. Across the globe, animals from household pets ...

Humans are the best of animals and the worst of animals. Humans are capable of compassion not seen in other animals and never will be. How many times have you seen on the news or in a documentary ...

Warmer weather means more outdoor fun and an increase in wildlife encounters, one of which could be infected with rabies. Emily Rushton, state furbearer biologist for Georgia Department of Natural ...

Diseases started jumping from animals to humans at least 6,500 years ago, researchers found in a new study of ancient DNA. After analyzing ancient DNA from 1,313 prehistoric humans from Europe and ...