A new relationship with animals, nature and each other.

Making the Case

Law professor and historian Steven Wise is preparing a lawsuit on behalf of certain animals who meet the accepted definitions of what the law considers to be a “person.” The evidence for acknowledging their status, he says, is overwhelming.

Bunny Rescue Drama

The rescue of hundreds of rabbits from the grounds of the University of Victoria in Canada polarizes a community. Is there hope for the rabbits?

Froggie Goes a’Courtin’

More and more, conservationists are looking to school kids, retirees and just plain folks to help catalogue wildlife. Citizen scientists can count backyard butterflies, songbirds and…

Slow but Steady

It turns out that nine out of 156 tortoises living in captivity are directly related to the Chelonoidis elephantopus, a Galapagos tortoise species that whalers hunted…

Bear Haven

Polar bears are losing their homelands as the ice melts around them. But some of them are getting help. It’s not news that polar bear habitat…

The First Mail Mutt

Dogs and mail carriers sometimes have a tense relationship, at best. But here’s the story of a dog who went postal in a good way.

Monkey Helps Blind Pair

Two blind men at a temple in India are trying to get something to drink. But they can’t see to operate the tap. A monkey, who’s been watching them, jumps down to help.