Source: Taxiarchos228, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons. Inside the bodies of all animals, including humans, there are opposing forces at work. On one side, there are free radicals, reactive oxygen ...

Just like stress messes with our brains, research shows that it can also warp the brains of animals. In fact, a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience aims to show just how much ...

Toffee, a six-year-old tricolored Chihuahua/rat terrier mix, cowered in the very back of a crate in her kennel at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA). Trembling at every loud noise, Toffee ...

The multi-day heat wave conditions have arrived this summer, with temperatures soaring past 45°C in some regions. While we ...

During storms, animal shelter staff and volunteers must take extra precautions to keep the animals stress-free. The bad weather also brings in more animals, which strains shelter resources. Spring’s ...

A mild, rainy spring has yielded to heat, humidity and lack of moisture, and the state's livestock have begun to suffer the consequences. Heat stress is hard on cattle and other livestock, especially ...

The economy, the election, and myriad other problems are really stressing out ... pets. When humans get stressed, often their pets take on that stress, too. "Dogs and cats are very good at picking up ...

Even before the pandemic and the presidential election, Americans reported some of the highest perceived levels of stress in the world, according to the American Psychological Association. Not only ...