WASHINGTON: A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animals organs really might save human lives.

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 ...

Jak the black cat, a research participant, lying in the sun. (Tina Thomas via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A new treatment for pet cats with head and neck cancers could help save human lives too, say ...

Kamalan Jeevaratnam receives funding from British Heart Foundation, Horseracing Betting Levy Board, Hong Kong Jockey Club Equine Welfare Research Foundation, Petplan Charitable Trust, Grayson Jockey ...

Only 10% of people around the world who need organ transplants actually end up receiving them, due to a shortage of suitable donors and extremely complicated logistics. Some scientists have therefore ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. If a book’s topic were “farms for the production of beagles for some ...

Source: Mike Bossley/with permission. Increasing amounts of comparative research clearly show that diverse species of non-human animals (animals) display cultural traditions (such as tail-walking, ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...

Nita Hemeter remembers the barking and meowing, and being able to look up from the middle of a New Orleans darkened by power outages to see "every star in the sky." It was early September 2005, a ...