Meet the “lifelike” robot therapy dog, Snoop, who helps people with disabilities. The robot can do tricks and give you his ...

Willow, a seven-year-old New Finland Poodle, is traveling to St. Louis to provide comfort to US figure skaters preparing for ...

According to a 2025 report by the American Veterinary Medical Association, animal-assisted intervention is an umbrella term describing the utilization of animals to benefit the human experience. The ...

In February 2025, Hogan met his new BFF at precisely the perfect time. 14-year-old Truman had just received a diagnosis of ...

Meet Pocono, the district’s first therapy dog. Named after a mountain known for having pretty fall leaves, the 4-month-old ...

Poppy’s love for putting smiles on the faces of patients and family members she visits at MUSC Health University Medical ...

As National Llama Day arrives on December 9, 2025, it’s the perfect moment to recognize an unexpected yet rapidly growing force in the world of emotional healing: llamas. With their calm demeanor, ...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. —There's no shortage of scratches or smiles when North Star Therapy Animals are around. Lola, Dottie, Kimber and Maggie are four of the 215 therapy teams that spend volunteer time, ...

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:12 p.m. Animals – whether personal pets or service animals – can be seen around campus. While UCLA’s residential pet policy only allows fish in tanks under 10 ...

Rigs is the newest member of the Melbourne Fire Department’s Peer Support Team, a group of trained firefighters who provide peer-to-peer counseling and support to help their colleagues cope with the ...

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT), also known as pet therapy, is a form of therapy that utilizes pets to enhance individuals' physical, social, emotional, and cognitive functioning, as defined by the ...

Juanita Mengel and her cat Lola Pearl both have had there left leg amputated Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on ...