Guest Opinion. Altruism is helping without a benefit and sometimes at a risk to one’s self. Animals helping others of their own species makes sense to perpetuate the species or help continue their own ...

Meridian Health and Therapeutic Farms share how their new animal-assisted therapy program is filling gaps in mental health care and transforming lives.

Pets mean a lot to their guardians and are widely believed to be good for human well-being, something called “the pet effect” (although the research on this is conflicting). One of the ways in which ...