Chimp Santino Plans His Attacks on Zoo Visitors
Santino has never had much patience for the humans who come to gawp at him at the Furuvik Zoo in Sweden. Fifteen years ago, at age…
Navy Sonar Will Impact More Sea Mammals
Dolphins off the coast of Southern Calif. as USS Halsey conducts military exercise New Navy documents show that over the next five years more dolphins, whales…
Horse Wins Race, Drops Dead
He’d just won another $90,000 for his owners – this time at the Iroquois Steeplechase in Tennessee. But this would be Arcadius’s last race. Right after…
Is This Nessie’s Cousin?
Mystery solved? Maybe. A scientist in Alaska suspects that the “monster” who inhabits Alaska’s Lake Iliamna may be a sleeper shark – one of the largest…
PBS Takes Up the Chimp Testing Debate
There are no other animals quite like them, except us. They share 99 percent of our DNA, and it shows. They scheme, plot and fight. They…
Happy Birthday, Edward Lear
Born 200 years ago, he is probably most famous for: The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They…
All You Can Eat
Two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese. We’re not only eating ourselves to death; the “food” we eat is actively poisoning us. And some of it is poisoning the planet, too.
“Game Over” for Climate Warns Top NASA Scientist
From pristine forest to world-polluting wasteland – Photos by Peter Essick, 2009 James Hansen, the NASA scientist who’s considered the leading expert on climate science has…
Help! I’ve Found an Injured ….
What do you do when you come across an animal – maybe a dog, a deer or a bird– who’s been hit by a car or…
Dogs Agree: Yawning Is Contagious
It’s catching. Sometimes you only have to see the word and you want to yawn, too. (Like now?) And, in case you hadn’t noticed, Fido can…
Foie Gras Ban Upheld
California legislators will not repeal the ban on foie gras that takes effect July 1st. About 100 chefs had signed a petition Monday to keep the…
Latest Pig Factory Shocker
A worker kicks one of the pigs in this video from the HSUS As legislators in farm states keep scrambling to ban undercover investigations, the shocking…
Watch Cheetah Cub Live Cam
Last week, Salome the Cheetah gave birth to two cubs at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre in South Africa. The center focuses on the conservation of…
Candid GorillaCam
The camera had been placed along the path by members of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is looking to save this highly endangered species (250 of them remaining) from extinction.
Swiss Dolphins Died of Party Drugs
The two dolphins who died at a zoo in Switzerland last November had been drugged by partygoers. That’s the conclusion of an autopsy report that’s been…
Shanthi and the Harmonica
Many people have been enchanted by this video of Shanthi, a 36-year-old elephant at the National Zoo, playing the harmonica. "Fantastic" and "Awesome" are some of…
Another Gray Whale Freed from Fishing Tangle
Yet another gray whale has finally been freed from being tangled in fishing ropes. (In March there was this one for a gray whale who was…
What’s Up with the Genesis Awards?
Two big no-no’s at this year’s Genesis Awards. The HSUS needs a whole new selection committee, plus it should have raised holy hell and walked away from the relationship with Animal Planet.
Back to the Wild!
After six years in a disgusting, insanitary pool at a dingy resort in Turkey, where tourists paid to swim with them, Misha and Tom will soon…
Parakeet Tells Police His Address
First he told the police the names of the city and the district where he lived. And then, when that information was not good enough to get him home, he gave them the precise street and house number.