The physical and psychological benefits of pet ownership for older adults is well documented — as are the advantages of exercise routines like yoga. Some programs now combine both, bringing animals ...

It’s now hot to trot. A rising fitness trend has fans channeling their inner animal by walking, running and even jumping on all fours, a form of movement known as “quadrobics.” The unconventional ...

Aquatic therapy and treadmill exercise offer innovative approaches to enhancing physical rehabilitation and performance across a range of animal species, particularly equine athletes. These modalities ...

As part of an ongoing national research effort to better understand how physical activity improves health and prevents disease, seven University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty members ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

Working out at different times of the day might have unique benefits for health, an ambitious new study in mice suggests. By Gretchen Reynolds Morning exercise has very different effects on metabolism ...