Guest Opinion. It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that ...

Pet anxiety and behavior problems are among the leading reasons animals are returned, surrendered, or euthanized, despite being solvable in most cases. Over 70% of dogs exhibit at least one ...

For decades, veterinary medicine largely mirrored a reactive model of care. Pets were brought to the clinic when something went wrong. Illness, injury, visible pain. Treatment followed symptoms. Today ...

8 Training Mistakes Experts Say Are Making Your Dog’s Behavior Worse originally appeared on Parade Pets. Most pet parents love their dogs and want to do right by them. I get it. Unfortunately, that ...

These days, many people have got the message that it’s important to train dogs with reward-based methods (for example, giving the dog a treat when they sit to reinforce the behavior and make it happen ...

Owners returning home to a chewed-up couch or trash thrown around might brush it off and learn to tolerate the dog's unwanted behaviors, but new research revealed a range of naughty behaviors occur in ...

Adam Christman, DVM, MBA: From recording the highest-ever human-animal bond score to uncovering what drives client ...

Science and common sense show diverse animals are feeling beings who care about what happens to themselves and others, and ...

From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

From fish scaling waterfalls to monkeys stealing babies these animal discoveries in 2025 revealed how much we still do not ...