While this is obvious at home, the connection between pets and wellbeing is becoming more visible in the workplace too. Mars has been a pet-friendly workplace for more than 15 years. In that time, ...

The Human-Animal Interactions for Well-Being Collaborative is a new University of Iowa initiative by the Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology, launched to broaden research into ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. If you’ve ever lost a pet, you know that feeling of ...

If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different groups often drives change. A new study led by an ...

This workshop will set the stage and describe the science on human-animal interactions in the biomedical research setting, consider the full range of people who are involved in animal care and use in ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 02 Zero hunger, SDG 03 Good health and well-being, SDG 14 Life Below Water, SDG 15 Life on Land and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption & ...

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according ...

Source: Nenad Stojkovic. 2021. 'Young child and an old person are petting grey cute cat'. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 by Yi-Ping Tsai and Damien W. Riggs Imagine coming home after a long day of ...

The discovery of a 12,000-year-old carved scene showing a human confronting an animal is forcing archaeologists to rethink when people first began depicting complex interactions between themselves and ...

Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) is an emerging field dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that enhance interspecies communication and interactivity. This domain not only focuses on ...