Certified Animal Behavior Consultant and dog trainer Mikkel Becker has a fascinating take on shock collar use in dogs ...

At Royal Sanctuary Therapy Farm, a miniature horse, a miniature donkey, a handful of goats and other animals are doing something their owner insists she cannot -- healing people.

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, ...

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 ...

At Royal Sanctuary Therapy Farm, a miniature horse, a miniature donkey, a handful of goats and other animals are doing something their owner insists she cannot — healing people.

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 ...

Chicken. Did the word make you think of slippery pale pink slab? A roast in your oven? Bar-b-que? Recently, on a trip to Vermont I happened to rent a room overnight in the home of a nurse who had a ...

The University of New England has campuses in Biddeford, shown here, and Portland, as well as overseas in Tangier, Morocco. COURTESY / UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND The University of New England is ...