Do Dogs Feel Guilt?
After a stressful day at work, you come home, only to discover that Rover has raided the trash and left a disaster all over the kitchen…
Judge Rules SeaWorld Committed ‘Serious’ Violation in Death of Trainer
Tilikum in isolation after killing his trainer SeaWorld claims it can stop its enraged, depressed, captive orcas from killing their trainers by slapping the water to…
Bob Barker Does It Again
Just three weeks after he completed a half-million-dollar donation to Chimp Haven, a Louisiana sanctuary for former laboratory chimpanzees, Bob Barker has sent $250,000 to Save the Chimps, a sanctuary in Florida.
All Dressed Up for Their Last Foie Gras Spree
There’s something quite chilling about this series of photos, taken by Marcio Jose Sanchez at the Sent Sovi restaurant in Saratoga, California. The diners were gathered…
Warmest Spring on Record
The spring of 2012 is set to go down as the warmest in the U.S. since records began to be kept in 1895. The previous record…
Interactive Map of Temperature Records
Check out this remarkable map of records around the country since the year 2000 – courtesy of Climate Central. See where your own neck of the…
131 Years of Global Warming in 30 Seconds
This video from NASA shows how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1880.
Chimps, Orangutans Have Human-Like Personalities
Do chimpanzees, orangutans and other nonhuman great apes have distinct personalities like us? It’s been a longstanding debate within the scientific community, and those who seek to exploit these animals have long argued that “personality” is a distinctly human attribute, not shared by any other species.
How Earth Recovered from an Earlier Extinction
How long might it take to recover from the Sixth Great Extinction that scientists tell us is now underway? The most well known extinction event was the one that brought an end to the reign of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. That was the Fifth Great Extinction.
Dinosaurs Live On as "Most Successful Land Species"
It may be hard to imagine that your common house sparrow is the direct descendant of the dinosaurs (to be precise, she is a dinosaur). But we know it’s true. And now we know a little more about how the transition took place.
Racing 1,000 Miles to Her Adoption – Aaaw!
A small stray dog has become a sensation all across China after joining up with a cycling team and running with them for more than 1,000…
Can Zoos Save Animals from Extinction?
What happens when the primary mission of a zoo, which is to entertain people, meets up with a secondary mission to become involved in conservation programs?
Imaginary Menagerie Takes to the Streets
Imagine if the animals escaped from the zoo and took to the streets. That’s what the folks at Lichtfaktor in Cologne, Germany, did when they put…
Masters of Camouflage
Check out this beautiful conch shell … … Well, actually it’s an octopus.
Why Newborn Beluga Whale Died at Aquarium
Mother Maris with her baby at the Georgia Aquarium The Georgia Aquarium is trying to explain why a newborn Beluga whale calf died there yesterday. But…
Top Ten ‘New’ Species for 2012
Meet the sneezing monkey, the SpongeBob SquarePants mushroom, the walking cactus, and the devil’s worm. While they’re hardly “new” species (they’ve all been around a lot…
Chimp Rescues Ducklings … Then Demands Reward
When Bossou saw three ducklings in the water around his Chimp Island at the Dublin Zoo, he decided it was time to rescue them. But he wasn’t going to give them to the SPCA without a reward.
“Melancholia” and Climate Change – How the World Ends
Is the arrival of the doom-laden, rogue planet Melancholia, in last year’s movie of the same name, a metaphor for what’s happening as climate change overtakes the Earth?
Giant Turtle Returned to the Ocean
A touching video of a giant leatherback turtle being rescued and returned to the ocean on the beaches of Grenada. Check out the work of the…
Where in the World Is All the Water?
If you took all the water in the world and scooped it into one big ball – the oceans, ice caps, rivers, wells, clouds, the water…