About 50 kilometres south-east of Berlin, between pine forests and country lanes, lies the Rendez-vous with Animals shelter, ...

“From the beginning of the war, we saw a very sad situation with pets in Ukraine,” said Mariia Martsiv, who was the paper’s lead author and is a zoologist at the University of Lviv. “Some people took ...

Dogs near Ukraine’s front lines are becoming more wolf-like as war filters survival traits, revealing rapid natural selection in action.

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A little dog has become one of the heroes of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Patron, which means “bullet,” “cartridge” or “ammo” in Ukrainian, is a 2-year-old Jack Russell terrier pup. He is trained as a ...

Rescuers pulled a puppy out from the debris in Ukraine after an attack in the region of Donbas. Video shows rescuers digging through a pile of rubble until they’re able to find the dog. The puppy and ...

BOYARKA, Ukraine — Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine — comforting children traumatized by Russia’s war. The playful 8-year-old gray dog arrived this ...

The war in Ukraine has not only changed people. A study has been published showing that dogs surviving closer to the front lines have become smaller and thinner. The research was conducted by ...

By comparing dogs living close to active combat zones with those from safer regions of Ukraine, the study revealed striking ...

The human cost of the war in Ukraine has been well documented. But Russia’s invasion is also affecting the country’s pets in surprising ways. In a study published in December, in the journal ...