A few weeks ago, the animal testing lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison quietly shut its doors following an aggressive two-year campaign against the laboratory’s use of cats by the People for ...

Pets were once dismissed as trivial scientific subjects. Today, companion animal science is hot. Max, a 2-year-old German shepherd, Belgian Malinois and husky mix, was rescued in an emaciated ...

There's a new cat in town, but this one won't curl up on your hamper, knead your sweaters or squeeze in front of your screen ...

Felines can be fickle, but a group of scientists from the UK’s University of Lincoln is trying to figure out exactly how to please them best. A study in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science ...

A sixth grader's viral science project used lipstick and two trained cats to find out if cat butts touch every surface.

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