Over time, some species become more tolerant of humans' presence, but the extent to which they do is largely driven by the type of environment in which the animals live and by the animal's body ...

Animals running in response to hearing human voices in Kruger National Park (Zanette et al. / Current Biology) The conditions of the study aren’t universal to animal-human interactions.

Language shapes the way we view our world. In the field of wildlife conservation, even very subtle word choices drive peoples’ perceptions around individual species or situations. These word choices ...

Scientists make alarming discovery after studying interactions between humans and animals: 'A common evolutionary history' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) is an emerging field dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that enhance interspecies communication and interactivity.

The search for the origin of COVID-19 has highlighted the risks of viruses transmitted by certain species of bats. In the wild, they can incubate and spread diseases to other animals and humans ...

Women now comprise about 80% of investigators who study the human-animal bond. But the lack of male subjects in human-interaction research remains a big problem for researchers.

Karinna B. Hurley, Development and Human-Animal Interaction, Human Development, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2014), pp. 30-34 ...