There's a heartening story in the newsof a little dog who helped save his owner's life last week when she took a terrible fall on her tile floor.

Your pet pooch already lowers your blood pressure and provides emotional support. What if it could also identify your early-stage colon cancer?

The kittehs love us women back! A new study demolishes the stereotype of cats as cold, aloof animals that want only food from their owners. The study also reinforces the idea that a special bond exists between females and felines.

One registered cat per public flat, with efforts to ensure responsible cat ownership - this is how a coming pilot project at Chong Pang constituency seems to be shaping up. And if such a pilot is successful, the scheme may just be replicated elsewhere, in a departure from the longstanding Housing and Development Board policy of disallowing cats in its flats.