A roundup of common toxicities and poisons in our homes and yards, for our feline friends.

The gut microbiome of the dog has profound impacts on general health and the brain, with the ‘gut-brain axis’ impacting everything from mood to. behaviour.

Bone cancer in dogs is a common and terrible disease. Read on to find out how treatments are being developed in our canine friends, and how these are helping children with the same cancer.

How cancer in our pets is helping to cure cancer in us.

Did you know that dogs can use their incredible sense of smell to detect cancer and other diseases on people's breath? Incredible, but true!

Did you know dogs can be trained to detect specific diseases? Their accuracy can match or even exceed our current diagnostic tests.

Cats have unique ways of expressing affection, although to those unacquainted with the feline love language it can be a learning curve, as opposed to dogs, who are an open book.

While they may not be as easy to train as dogs, cats are highly intelligent creatures that can learn a wide range of behaviours and tricks through positive reinforcement training.

Some research suggests pigeons may be able to detect cancerous tissues in medical images, including X-rays.

In the animal kingdom, size usually correlates to longevity, but not so when it comes to large versus tiny dogs.