How to protect your dog from heatstroke

Dogs can easily suffer heatstroke during the summer months. An expert offers tips how to keep your pooch cool when it gets hot.

Jennifer Gauntt - Texas A&M • futurity
July 27, 2023 ~6 min

These animal interactions are risks for future pandemics

A new report is the first to comprehensively map networks of animal commerce that fuel zoonotic disease risk in the US.

Peggy McGlone-NYU • futurity
July 6, 2023 ~10 min


To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
Feb. 6, 2023 ~6 min

To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
Feb. 6, 2023 ~6 min

Our top research picks to improve your holidays

Check out some of the most interesting and useful holiday stories from years past, including food safety tips and some Yuletide history.

Camden Flath-Futurity • futurity
Dec. 21, 2022 ~5 min

900 pet parrots reveal range of vocal mimicry

New research finds that many parrots use words in appropriate contexts and uncovers species differences in vocal mimicry.

U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Dec. 5, 2022 ~6 min

900 pet parrots reveal range of vocal mimicry

New research finds that many parrots use words in appropriate contexts and uncovers species differences in vocal mimicry.

Liz Goodfellow-Futurity • futurity
Dec. 5, 2022 ~6 min

Avoid food poisoning over the holidays

Get expert advice to avoid food poisoning, whether that's protecting kids from pot brownies, veggies from raw meat, or pets from dessert.

Patti Zielinski - Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 18, 2022 ~6 min


More COVID-19 fallout: Overcrowded animal shelters

A drop in pet spay-neuter surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to overcrowding at animal shelters across the US, a new study shows.

Eric Hamilton-Florida • futurity
Sept. 13, 2022 ~5 min

More COVID-19 fallout: Overcrowded pet shelters

A drop in pet spay-neuter surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to overcrowding at pet shelters across the US, a new study shows.

Eric Hamilton-Florida • futurity
Sept. 13, 2022 ~5 min

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