Saving Bentley

Penn’s veterinary hospital not only offers treatments that can prolong quality of life when a pet gets cancer, but also conducts research that sheds light on the disease in humans.

When the Search Is Over

The World Trade Center attacks prompted an intense search-and-rescue effort. How have the 9/11 dogs and their human handlers been faring? Two Penn professors, Dr. Cindy Otto and Dr. Melissa Hunt, are trying to find out.

Dinosaurs Lost and Found

A Penn graduate student's quest to rediscover the "lost dinosaurs of Egypt" was a story made for television—a two-hour documentary will air this winter—and led to a spectacular new find as well.

Saving the Animal Planet

The Veterinary School’s Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society is attempting to find common ground in the animal-welfare debate. Getting the Lion and the Lamb together was nothing in comparison.