Pet Separation Anxiety High among College Students: Study

Pets are not the only ones that experience separation anxiety. A survey of a sample of new first-year college students leaving pets at home and found that 75% experienced some level of pet separation anxiety — with one in four reporting moderate to severe symptoms.

Wild Orangutan Offers Helping Hand to Man Stuck in Mud

Photographer captures an orangutan trying to help a human.

Nearly Half of Owners have Anxiety when Separated from their Dogs: Survey

A new survey of over 2,600 U.S. pet guardians revealed that dog owners are super connected with their pups.

The Secret to Getting your Cat to be More Affectionate: Study

New research from Nottingham Trent University has found the key to getting your cat’s affection.

Sorry, You’re Not Good Enough to Adopt a Rescue Dog

Adopting a shelter animal in some areas of the U.S. today can entail a rigorous adoption process that includes intrusive, seemingly random and frequently impossible to achieve set of hurdles in which few people are deemed worthy enough to adopt.

Kids Sleeping with Pets? No Problem, say researchers

A new study has revealed that the sleep quality of the surprisingly high number of children who share a bed with their pets is indistinguishable from those who sleep alone.

Therapy Dogs Help Stressed College Students Get Sharper

According to the results of a new study, programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information.