The special bond between humans and dogs is undeniable. For centuries, dogs have been by our sides, not only as faithful companions but also as creatures capable of remarkable intuition about the ...

A study of horses -- which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies -- revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of ...

Researchers are gleaning important insights into miscarriages in women from a longtime four-legged friend: horses. It shouldn't come as a surprise, since female horses have long pregnancies (11 months ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — From an evolutionary perspective, human pregnancy is quite strange, says University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch. “For example, we don’t know why human women go into labor,” ...

Pregnancy overhauls a woman’s body. The brain is no exception. A detailed study of a woman’s brain before, during and after pregnancy revealed sweeping neural changes, some of which stuck around ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the brain throughout the pregnancy timeline, from pre-conception to postpartum. Using precision brain imaging, researchers were able to map neuroatomical ...

We don't have scientific proof that pets sense their owners' pregnancies, but plenty of experts – and pet people themselves – have noticed examples of it. "My cat basically ignores me all the time.