Does the regular, affectionate interaction with adult animals help the subject overcome the fear of humans, and hence buffer the stress response to being handled during experimental procedures?

I've long been interested in the general topic of human-animal relationships, especially how to improve them in a time when countless nonhuman animals (animals) find themselves being exploited by ...

Laura Cox, Tamara Montrose, How Do Human-Animal EmotionalRelationships Influence PublicPerceptions of Animal Use?, Journal of Animal Ethics, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 44-53 ...

The past few decades have seen a dramatic shift in how the relationship between humans and animals is portrayed in modern fiction, writes Assistant Professor of English Hilary Thompson, in her latest ...

Veterinarian Mary Stewart in her book Companion Animal Death outlines some of the primary reasons for unsuccessful human-animal relationships: 1. Choosing the wrong kind of animal, or the wrong ...

But evolution has not moved quickly enough to conceal animals from human-surveillance technologies, which are undergoing ...

In the author's experience, a bond—whether intentional or not—is often established between humans and animal research subjects. Behavioral theorists suggest that human–animal relationships ...

Humans initially welcomed them in their nascent settlements for their ability to control rodents; today cats can be found anywhere there’s a human presence— including in cyberspace.

Whether fictional friend or foe, the relationship between humans and animals in cinema has always captured our imaginations. These sometimes expand beyond the borders of the normal, and, beyond the ...