Where the Eyes Don’t Have It
“A blind cat is just a cat,” says Alana Miller of the Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary. “He has no clue he’s blind. He knows he’s a cat.” The rescue takes other special-needs cats.
Drumming Up Support for Animals
Drummer Rikki Rockett doesn’t like zoos and deplores the idea of holding wildlife in captivity in what he calls the “exploitation of animals for profit.”
Top Ten Tool Users
Scientists once thought that tool use was the defining feature of humans. Animals using tools is a a sign of extraordinary intelligence that shows an ability to manipulate an object.
Gorilla Warfare in Rwanda
Dian Fossey would probably have been turning over in her grave…if I hadn’t been standing on it. It’s in a small cemetery and you have to get close to read the gravestone.
Animals at the Zoo in Tripoli
In the sweltering heat of Libya, and with the staff having abandoned the Tripoli Zoo, the animals there are simply more “collateral damage” – and the most helpless of all since they have no way to fend for themselves.
Loch Ness Monster a Possibility
“The huge number of sea monster sightings now on record can’t all be explained away as mistakes, sightings of known animals or hoaxes.”
Bears in the Kitchen
Brandon Smith, a 21-year-old biology student, came downstairs for breakfast at his home in southern Colorado last week to find a black bear by the refrigerator.
Is It Real? Or Is It a Summer Movie?
The fact that a sci-fi movie may well become a case of truth being stranger than fiction is just one of the paradoxes in this year’s crop of animal-themed summer movies.
Mountain Lion’s Major Move
Cougars aren’t common in Connecticut. So people were on alert after reported sightings in and around the toney town of Greenwich, especially after a big cat was spotted near some schools.
You’d Feel Chirpy, Too!
Birds’ smoothing each other’s plumage was mostly thought to be simply part of their bathing routine. But we’ve now learned that, like other animals, they do it to relax – just like a massage, and often after a busy bout of foraging for food.
When Kangaroos Attack
Why would a kangaroo come bounding into someone’s backyard and attack? Unless provoked, wild animals have no reason to harm humans.
A Virtual Whale Song Concert
Inspired by reading a study about the evolution of whale song, a musician has created a computerized concert of intelligent surround-sound “virtual” whales, who perform live with a saxophonist.
When Rover Is the Ring Bearer
It’s the season for weddings, and Fido is no longer staying at home on the big day. Pets aren’t just guests at weddings; they’re part of the ceremony.
Young Qatari Has a Passion for Animals
Animal welfare has often been criticized in Qatar, but one young Qatari is passionate about improving the situation for many animals.
‘I Am Not an Animal!’
While it doesn’t bother ethics experts much when genes are mixed from two non-human animals, it’s much more alarming when they create human-other chimeras.
What’s Human? What’s Animal?
Is it OK to inject human cells into other animals like laboratory mice and create hybrids?
Cats Up the Wazoo
She’s the ultimate cat lady. And Lynea Lattanzio does it in style at her 12-acre California sanctuary, Cat House on the Kings. It’s all no-kill, and it includes a clinic, low-cost spay/neuter, an adoption center, and a home-style environment for all the kitties
Life Without Big Animals
What happens when we shoot the wolves, hunt down the elephants, harpoon the whales, fish out the salmon? The answer is: it’s really bad for us, not just for those animals. And if we needed proof, we now have it.
Too Hot? Get Used to It!
Too hot? Too cold? Get used to it: this is what climate change is all about. The facts are now indisputable: The Earth is warming up, and we are largely responsible.
New Drug Could Revolutionize Spay/Neuter Programs
Scientists may have found a non-surgical way to sterilize female dogs – it would help all the homeless pets.