11 Animals You Didn’t Know Could Fly
Not a bird? No problem. Several species can achieve takeoff using their skin, ribs and even silk to glide through air. These animals take the phrase “when pigs fly” to…
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5 Ways Animals Get Drunk Just Like Humans
Not all party animals are humans. There are other creatures that like drugs and alcohol and some even going so far as to seek it out. It turns out, once…
5 Essential Life Lessons We Learned From Beanie Babies
To commemorate Throwback Thursday today, we harken back to one of our favorite obsessions: Beanie Babies. With the help of author Zac Bissonnette, whose book “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble:…
Former Cop Allegedly Kept Over 100 Animals In Filthy Home
A retired Phoenix police officer is accused of hoarding more than 100 animals in squalid conditions and without adequate food at her home. – The 30-year veteran of the police…
This Map Shows The Most Lucrative Animal Product In Each State
About a month ago, I published two maps that illustrated some broad trends in American agriculture: Above all, that while states on the coasts tend to produce fruits and vegetables,…
How Our Obsession With Dogs May Actually Be Ruining Man’s Best Friend
Our friendly domestic dogs have come a long way from their wolf ancestors, and it’s all thanks to us. “Somehow there’s this misconception that dog breeds actually exist — like…
Captive killer whale to be added to endangered species list
The Southern Resident population is considered depleted because of the captures conducted for marine parks decades ago. As a result, the Southern Resident killer whales were added to the endangered…
Lawmakers Aim to Protect Farm Animals in U.S. Research
Farm animals used in federal experiments to help the meat industry would receive new protections against mistreatment and neglect under legislation introduced on Thursday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers…
Woman Brings Kangaroo To McDonalds In Wisconsin, Gets Kicked Out
A woman who brought a kangaroo into a McDonald’s in southern Wisconsin says she didn’t do it just for kicks. Diana Moyer, the kangaroo’s owner, told Wisconsin’s Daily Citizen that…
Ohio Veteran Darin Welker Appeals Conviction For Keeping Pet Ducks
A former Ohio National Guardsman who says his pet ducks help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression is appealing his conviction for violating a village ban on such animals….
PETA Euthanized A Lot Of Animals At Its Shelter In 2014, And No-Kill Advocates Are Not Happy About It
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals killed most of the animals at its Norfolk, Virginia, shelter in 2014, according to preliminary figures filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture…
Lessons from the zoo: Four surprising animal facts only zookeepers know
From Dr. Seuss to Dr. Dolittle, pop culture has made life with wild animals look like a blast. But for those who work there, a day at the zoo is…
Heartbroken Koala Looks Over Remnants Of Burnt Home
It’s often easy to overlook the environmental impact of natural disasters when property is destroyed and people lose their lives. But for thousands of animals, a vast wildfire can destroy…
These Cats And Dogs Aren’t Just Playing Football, They’re Here To Deliver An Important Message
Every week, tens of thousands of cats and dogs are euthanized in U.S. shelters. That’s millions of healthy, adoptable animals that are put down each year. The Lucy Pet Foundation…
Baby Goat Beheaded; Another Goat Taken From New Orleans Park
A baby goat was beheaded and its twin was taken from a park where they had been in a pen, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…
Rare fox spotted in Yosemite National Park
Don Neubacher, the park’s superintendent, said he’s “thrilled” by the news. He called the species “one of the most rare and elusive animals in the Sierra Nevada.” It’s the first…
Learning From Animal Friendships
Videos of unlikely animal friendships are popular on social media. Scientists are now considering how to define such relationships and why they are so fascinating to us. A goat frolics…
Even Elusive Animals Leave DNA, and Clues, Behind
Carl Zimmer MATTER You wouldn’t think hellbenders would be hard to find: The gargantuan salamanders, the biggest amphibians in North America, can grow up to 30 inches long. Yet hellbenders…
Television Becomes a Force at Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Television Festival this is not. That snarky, small-screen nickname is nonetheless being tossed around by some of the Hollywood attendees who are gathering here…
U.S. Research Lab Lets Livestock Suffer In Quest For Profit
At a remote research center on the Nebraska plains, scientists are using surgery and breeding techniques to re-engineer the farm animal to fit the needs of the 21st-century meat industry….
Animals Are What They Eat (PHOTOS)
If we are what we eat, then we are mostly string cheese. Mmmm! These animals, who are the creation of artist Sarah DeRemer, are also what they eat.
Camel tramples 2 people to death in Texas
The incident at Camel Kisses Farm in Wichita Falls happened after Mark Mere, 53, got into a pen with three camelsone male and two females. Mere apparently went into the…