In my last column, I briefly talked of my old Tom cat staring at the Christmas tree as we were decorating it a few weeks back. I was situated on the floor unpacking ornaments from a small box, having ...

In March 2014, Shane Adams and his friends were camping in the Cedar Mountains of Utah. The trip, though pleasant, was business – one in a long line of annual trips the group took to assess new horses ...

Rescue dogs often come from difficult backgrounds, and many pet owners wonder if their furry friends remember their past experiences. While dogs have short-term and long-term memories, the question of ...

Of all the animals on the planet, humans have by far the highest ability to recall past events, referred to as memory. However, that doesn’t mean that other animals’ memories are poor, just not as ...

Think of dogs and other animals who have been severely abused and who suffer from severe fear or depression for years on end, and also, for example, think of dogs who remember where they and others ...

Long-term memory allows not only people to acquire skills that rarely have to be relearned, such as riding a bicycle, but certain bats may also have that capacity. Biologist M. May Dixon of the ...

Doing a PCS move with an all-human family can be stressful and complicated. Adding in animal family members can make the whole process much more difficult -- and expensive. That's especially true when ...

To the Editor: People are shopping to make Thanksgiving dinner. Meals on Wheels and other groups will bring dinner to the homebound. The homeless can go to a shelter for warmth, a soup kitchen for ...

Most animals react to a threat and move on. A smaller number don’t. Across species, from birds to big cats, some animals remember exactly who did what, and they respond with precision, sometimes ...