Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shrinking habitats and a changing climate are pushing animals that carry diseases into closer contact with humans - STEVE ...

Nature has spent millions of years solving problems that humans are only beginning to understand. Some animals have evolved ...

Across the planet, animals are increasingly suffering from chronic illnesses once seen only in humans. Cats, dogs, cows, and even marine life are facing rising rates of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, ...

From obesity in cats and dogs and osteoarthritis in pigs, to cancer in whales and high blood glucose in racoons, chronic diseases are increasingly becoming a concern across the animal world, a recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock New research suggests that international wildlife trade is upping the transmission of diseases from animals ...

From dogs and cats to dairy cows and sea turtles, animals around the world are suffering from various cancers, obesity, diabetes, and degenerative joint disease. Understanding the forces driving an ...

Deer, elk, and moose infected with chronic wasting disease can spread the fatal brain illness to other animals long before they show any outward sign of sickness. Infected cervids shed misfolded ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...