A recent survey of over 6,900 vets highlights the growing challenges in the veterinary industry, from client expectations to mental health struggles. Find out what vets say about the current state of the profession and how the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) plans to address these pressing issues in 2025.

Seasoned veterinarians Julie Cole, DVM, DACT, PhD, and her husband, Chris “Shac” Shacoski, DVM, have opened Cat Tales Feline Health Center to redefine northern California’s veterinary landscape by setting a new standard in specialized feline care. Located at 606 W. Covell Blvd. in Davis, they offer state-of-the-art knowledge in feline-only care to provide exceptional medical treatment and concierge-level services, all tailored specifically for cats and the people they own.

In recent years, evolutionary psychologists have suggested that we’re not all that special. Animals, from corvids to capuchin monkeys, express what humans might recognize as jealousy when, for example, they are passed over for a sought-after snack. Many argue this is evidence we are not alone in our aversion toward unfairness. 

Apes orphaned by the illegal trade in bushmeat and pets can overcome trauma and develop social abilities like those of their mother-reared peers.

A new study led by Durham University, UK, looked at the effects of rehabilitation by the world’s only bonobo sanctuary on the social and emotional development of orphaned bonobo apes across a 10-year period.

New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years — almost twice as long as previously understood.

Extreme longevity is a trait common to the right whales’ cousins, the bowheads. 

A study by the German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen and Leipzig Zoo shows the remarkable adaptability of the critically endangered Cat Ba langurs. Despite low genetic diversity, the langurs have retained key genetic traits that help them survive in their isolated environment on Cat Ba Island in Vietnam. One of these remarkable adaptations is the ability to drink salt water (Nature Communications). Photo: Nguyen Van Truong