There’s a reason for the familiar phrase, “fighting like cats and dogs.” Historically, these two extremely popular pet species have had, shall we say, a fraught relationship. While it’s certainly possible for cats and dogs to co-exist and even be happy bedmates, tensio...

The trend towards the use of animals as fashion accessories is nothing new. From wearing live decorative beetles on tiny chains like living brooches to jewel-toned lizards falling victim to similar fates, women have always flirted with the notion of animals as adornmen...

More than 8 million dogs dot the British Isles. At last count, they’d all been reassured repeatedly they were “good boys” or “good girls”.

But their humans have occasionally missed the mark.

That’s according to a study published last year by investigators at the Universi...

Millions of Brits struggle with sleep problems. And the problem is reportedly on the rise. Insomnia—the inability to fall asleep or to stay asleep—is particularly troubling, because it’s often linked to pain and other health problems.

Experts have many theories to expla...