Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

The discovery of plague DNA in a 4,000-year-old sheep bone is rewriting the story of one of humanity’s most feared pathogens, ...

An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.

A new study finds urban raccoons have snouts 3.56% shorter than rural ones, supporting early domestication traits.

A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...

Humans have shared life with animals for thousands of years, yet only a small number have ever become truly domesticated. While many wild creatures look calm or curious around people, most simply ...

I've followed Dr. Clive Phillips' wide-ranging career and his eclectic transdisciplinary views of animal welfare and animal-human relationships. Clive was Australia's first professor of animal welfare ...