How to Take a Dinosaur’s Temperature
For biggest dinos, ‘normal’ was just like us First, we thought they were cold-blooded, like snakes and lizards. Then we learned that at least some dinosaurs…
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Ringling Caves!
The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
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Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible
One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is…
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2013 Game Changers
Two events share top prize as game changers for the year just ending: The Nonhuman Rights Project's lawsuits have started a whole new conversation about how we relate to other…
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Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety
It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
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Liberators or Terrorists?
When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…
The Right Music for Cats
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers
The Yeti Bear
Seagull Not First to Steal Video Camera
Lion and turtle were movie directors, too You may have already seen the viral video of the seagull who picks up a video camera in Cannes,…
Homeless Man’s Dying Wish to See Dog
Kevin McClain spent his last two days at the hospice with his beloved dog, Yurt Kevin McClain was homeless, living out of his car in Cedar…
Peter Falk – Animal Protector
Peter Falk was a spokesperson for all animals. He was a passionate supporter of animal causes, including Best Friends Animal Society and PETA.
Rescuers Defy Authorities at Nuclear Plant
Japanese family calls themselves animal rescue guerrillas The Hoshi family on one of their rescue raids at the dead zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant Hiroshi…
When Sheep Gang Up on Sheepdog
Like many Border collies, Ci was born and bred to herd sheep. So how come, when confronted with a herd of sheep, he simply takes off in the opposite direction?
Cats’ Roaming Secrets Revealed
Study says housecats stake out a territory that can cover five acres or more. And feral cats can have a much larger range – more than 370 acres in some cases.
U.K. Votes to Ban Wild Animals from Circuses
Defying Prime Minister David Cameron and his government, members of the British parliament voted unanimously yesterday to prohibit wild animals from being used in circuses.
Will and Kate Roped into Rodeo
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as the U.K.’s royal newlyweds are now known, have decided to attend the Calgary Stampede, a rodeo event that most…
Take Your Dog to Work!
Take Your Dog To Work Day was started by Pet Sitters International in 1999. It took off in the world of dog lovers, and is observed by businesses all across the country.
Japanese ‘Nuclear Rabbit’ Fears
The latest nuclear disaster to hit Japan may have actually spawned a real mutated animal – a rabbit without ears. Skeptics, among them prominent scientists, believe that may be too much of a leap.
After the Tornado
The story begins with the rescuers finding this little guy they named Ralphie. Someone had already taken him under their wing but they weren’t equipped to adopt.
Ice-Age Art Found in Florida
13,000 years ago, someone in Florida, carved an image of an animal onto a piece of bone. It’s the oldest and only known example of Ice Age art to depict an animal with a trunk.
Colbert vs. Mad Scientists – Holy Cow!
Scientists work to genetically engineer cows to produce human milk. Comedian Steven Colbert takes on this latest bizarre twist from the dairy industry.
Ocean Life Facing Mass Extinction
“Over-fishing is now estimated to account for over 60 percent of the known local and global extinction of marine fishes,” said William Cheung, in a new study.
Climate Change: Scientists Certain, Public Not Much
Why is it, when 97 percent of American scientists (and most of their peers worldwide) have no doubt that the Earth’s climate is changing and largely because of us humans, that only about half of us are “very sure” that it’s happening?
Canadians Weigh in on Royal Rodeo Visit
The Vancouver Humane Society has joined a growing chorus of animal protection groups on both sides of the Atlantic that are asking the future King and Queen of Britain to stay away from the Calgary Stampede.
Senate Bill Addresses Antibiotics in Animal Feed
A bipartisan group of senators has re-introduced a bill to limit the use of antibiotics routinely fed to farm animals, especially in factory farms. In the…
Rabbis Deny Ordering Dog to Be Stoned
Israeli newspaper apologizes for mistaken report Israel’s Maariv newspaper has withdrawn a story last week that claimed that a religious court in Jerusalem had sentenced a…
Rise of the Uber-Raccoon
Raccoons have carved out a place for themselves in cities that are forever expanding into what was once wilderness. And the raccoon is becoming smarter.