Too Many for Noah’s Ark!
If they were heading two by two into his legendary ark, Noah would have needed space for more than 17 million animals, less than 2 million of them have ever been seen.
Yet Another Billion-Dollar Climate Disaster
So far this year, there have been 10 billion-dollar disasters – more than in any previous year in U.S. history. Hurricane Irene could top the charts.
Diamonds Are a Dog’s Best Friend
Honey Bun likes to hang out in Chuck Roberts’s jewelry store. The customers think he’s quite a gem. But then, the pooch devoured $10,000 worth of diamonds.
Pets Are Good for Your Health. Really?
As pet lovers, we’re convinced that our pets make us a happier and healthier person. I thought “the pet effect” was an established scientific fact.
Mitt Romney Spoke the Truth
If our justice system can view a corporation a person, like Romney said, perhaps one day it will be able to see at least some of our fellow animals as persons, too.
PETA, Porn and Propaganda
PETA’s plan to develop a www.peta.xxx website, where they can reach out to porn viewers by mixing sexually explicit content with animal rights messages and videos, has already drawn comment from hundreds of news and web sites around the world.
How Animals Sense Earthquakes
Animals many times pick up on a quake usually seconds or minutes in advance, and we now have a likely explanation of what’s happening.
Faces from the Past
At the time when the Roman Empire was collapsing, here in the American Southwest it was the birth of the Ancestral Pueblo people. A visit to their cave paintings at Indian Canyon.
Life Began When Earth Was Still Boiling
Life on Earth began earlier than anyone has imagined possible. That’s the conclusion of scientists studying a 3.4-billion-year-old fossil discovered in Western Australia.
Will Research on Chimps Be Banned?
It’s looking increasingly like the end is in sight for the use of chimpanzees in invasive research in the United States.
When the Fruit Is Not Low-Hanging
Don Moore, the associate director for animal care sciences at the zoo, says that exercises and puzzles like this keep the elephants’ minds sharp.
Can a Non-Human Be a ‘Person’?
Laws that protect animals from cruelty are granted as acts of kindness, not inherent rights. One attorney is setting out to put a crack in the legal wall that separates humans from nonhumans.
Did Caged Bear Commit Suicide?
A mother bear reportedly strangled her cub and then killed herself by running head first into a wall. What would cause a mother to do this? What would cause any bear to do this?
When Helping Becomes Hoarding
It’s one of the largest cat hoarding cases in history. But not long ago it was celebrated as a haven for abandoned kitties. What happened?
Perry: No Man-Made Global Warming
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who just threw his hat in the ring as a GOP presidential candidate, told voters he does not believe in man-made global warming.
Huge Dog, Huge Welcome!
Emmit Thunderpaws doesn’t do anything by halves. The Great Dane gave a giant “Welcome home!” to his military dad who was returning from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.
The Secret World of Life in the Forest
The Global Camera Trap Mammal Study took nearly 52,000 photos of 105 species from protected areas in Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Laos, Suriname, Tanzania and Uganda.
From the Shelter to the Jailhouse!
Nemo is the newest resident at the work release cell block at Nebraska’s Lincoln County Jail. He’s the second cat to be adopted there. Also roaming the cells is Sarge, who hangs out in minimum security.
Animal Hacktivist Goes After ‘Dog Wars’
There’s something quite satisfying about the idea of a virus called “Rabies” infecting the smart phones of people who subscribe to the infamous Dogwars app.
‘My Pit Bull for Your Python’
Among the more bizarre messages seen on Craig’s List, this one was posted on their Lansing, Michigan, page last Tuesday: