We’d like to know more about your how much your pets feature in your life during the festive period

We’d like to find out more about you and your pets at Christmas.

Do you spend more on buying Christmas gifts for your pets than your family and friends? Or do you skip party plans altogether to stay with your animal companion?

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GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.

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In a small study, pet cats greeted male owners with more vocalizations than they did female caregivers.

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New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

In “Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion,” he argued that language is a biological system unique to humans, despite the widespread belief that it extended to other animals.

“This is a type of science that has an impact that most people could see in their homes,” said Erin Hecht, a canine researcher at Harvard. “Now there’s just no money.”

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Mr. Brady became the latest celebrity to try to preserve a pet’s genetics, a move that animal rights groups have criticized.

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