As National Llama Day arrives on December 9, 2025, it’s the perfect moment to recognize an unexpected yet rapidly growing force in the world of emotional healing: llamas. With their calm demeanor, ...

Purina Sponsorship for Human-Animal Bond Studies Program to fund three new studies exploring how pets support survivor healing, child well-being and feline mental health ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17, 2025 ...

Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners—a Bellevue, Wash.-based national therapy animal organization focusing on improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond—traces her ...

Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is ...

Purina has awarded research funding to 3 international scientific teams as part of its 2026 Sponsorship for Human-Animal Bond Studies, a biennial program that supports research on the bond between ...

Yesterday, the New York Times published a heart-wrenching profile of three-time world champion and Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin, who had a bike crash last January, which may have resulted in a ...

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a clinical modality in which qualified healthcare providers, acting within their professional scope of practice, leverage the principles of the human-animal bond to ...

SILVERDALE − Steadily growing out of a wooded village of pens and cottages north of Silverdale is a respite that has been connecting humans and animals for 10 years. One Heart Wild Education Sanctuary ...

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:12 p.m. Animals – whether personal pets or service animals – can be seen around campus. While UCLA’s residential pet policy only allows fish in tanks under 10 ...

Human-driven climate change is increasingly shaping the Earth’s living environments. Rising temperatures, rapid shifts in rainfall and seasonality, and ocean acidification are presenting altered ...