Our four-legged companions and the wild animals that populate our planet are increasingly developing diseases we thought were ...

Across the planet, animals are increasingly suffering from chronic illnesses once seen only in humans. Cats, dogs, cows, and even marine life are facing rising rates of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, ...

Animals, as cute as some of them may be, can be a source of illness for humans. These so-called zoonotic diseases can originate from bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. In fact, most infectious ...

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 ...

For dogs housed at Texas kennels, age and fecal score are important factors for screening for subclinical Giardia infections. The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of ...

Dogs are particularly at risk and can be infected when they play in contaminated puddles and stagnant water. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

From chimps tending wounds with bug juice to birds using cigarettes to ward of ticks and lice, animals have adapted creative ways to ward off health threats. Monarch caterpillars snack on milkweed, ...

Scientists have long known that human activity often helps pathogens spread. Human-caused climate change can push disease-carrying mosquitoes or ticks into new places as temperatures rise, and ...

Regardless of how the COVID-19 pandemic started, it's clear that deadly diseases can jump from animals to humans ‒ and a new report from Harvard Law School and New York University finds we're not ...