Viruses mutate, and multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID are currently circulating. Should you be worried?  

Early reports that pets could be COVID carriers led to speculation that dog abandonment might skyrocket. A new study looks at what actually happened.

When people first started worrying about what species besides humans could catch COVID, ferrets weren’t top of mind for most—except for a group of scientists in Colorado working feverishly to save a species nobody was even sure was at risk: the black-footed ferret.

This week: The FDA investigates reports of aflatoxin in pet food, dog racing to end in Florida, and the first year of pet ownership is the hardest.

A new canine sleep study could serve as a baseline for future research on chronic pain and cognitive dysfunction in dogs—which could lead to improved detection and treatment.

This week: Urban environments are bad for pets’—and owners’—allergies, a wild mink in Utah with COVID bodes ill for the future, and kangaroos can tell us what they want.

New research shows that owners of a dog with diabetes were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes during follow-up than owners of a dog without diabetes.

Dogs just don’t listen. Or maybe more to the point, dogs can’t listen. Despite their excellent hearing, dogs don’t hear the subtle differences between words the way that humans do.

This week: Congress bans private ownership of big cats and Brazil taps dogs to sniff out COVID. Plus, how do robotic therapy dogs compare to the real thing?

A new study on canine idiopathic epilepsy focuses on its effects on owners: it's worse than we thought. But just knowing that means there's hope.