This blog is taking a break for the next few months so that I can devote my energies to the Whale Sanctuary Project. Here's why.
The Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica was the first of its kind for these wonderfully engaging animals, and it was a model for others that followed. But questions have arisen. And…
Tafi Atome looks like a typical forest in Ghana. The monkeys have been revered in this village for two centuries. But being “sacred” is no guarantee of survival.
The great irony of the animal rights movement is there is still only one species that has any rights at all: humans. But the Nonhuman Rights Project is setting out to change that.
Why would a supposedly “intelligent” species behave in a way that’s bringing about a mass extinction – one that will likely take us down along with so many other animals?
Is the Stock Market a Global Ponzi Scheme?
Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
Of Humans and Persons
Four days after she was “euthanized”, this puppy was found by a shelter worker, struggling to keep her head above the mound of dead dogs in the freezer of a shelter. Today, she visits classrooms to teach children about taking care of their pets
Did the EPA allow the widespread use of a pesticide that’s poisonous to bees despite warnings from the agency’s own scientists? And is this the cause…
As their Arctic home melts away, polar bears are beginning to move south, and to reunite with their cousins, the grizzlies. They won’t be all white anymore, but it’s the best chance of preserving part of their nature
A no-nonsense English police detective insists he has seen the creature twice. “I’m experienced at looking at evidence,” he says. “And I can tell you that … on the balance of probabilities, there is something large and unknown living in this loch.”
Michael Vick is saying he wants a puppy, and that this would help his rehabilitation. But rehab starts with admitting what you did. So here are some of the questions he has never answered, and no one has ever asked him in a published interview.
Skip the items that say “10 percent of profits go to help …” and go for the gifts where 100 percent is going to help the animals. Here are some that will make you and your giftee feel good – and the animals even better
Using stem cells, doctors and scientists have created a hair follicle. This may be good news for bald men, but it’s even better news for animals. Skin and hair follicles and then other organs created in a lab could one day replace testing products on animals
“I don’t like to admit this,” says editor Michael Mountain, “but Sarah Palin has a point when she defends shooting a caribou during her TV show Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Given the choice, I’d rather get shot in Alaska than live like your average cow in a factory farm.”
Was the UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, wildly successful, a crushing failure or something in between? Depends on your p.o.v. Commitments were made. Will they be honored? Will they be enough?
Behind the scenes on movies sets around the world with the people who have been making sure for 70 years that “No Animals Were Harmed.”
The Earth in Pics – December 6, 2010 By Tommy Hornbeck Morning sunlight sneaks over the horizon and under the tree canopy to illuminate the autumn…
When you or I look at a flower, we generally see a thing of beauty. When a bee looks at a flower, she sees a runway, a landing strip and a clear path to where the nectar and pollen are
Reading aloud to other people can be stressful for young people. But there’s no better way to gain confidence than by reading to a furry friend!
The actress is committed to animal protection Superstar Natalie Portman, who has just accepted the role of Miss Cherie for Dior, brings a new philosophy to…
Scientists have been discovering that the more animals and plants go extinct, the greater the number of infectious diseases we can all catch. In a paper…
Model of a pterosaur at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo. These ancestors of birds may have been able to fly at…
If you live in the suburbs, you’ve probably heard of someone’s cat being carried off by a coyote. As suburbs have sprawled, coyotes who used to catch wild rabbits have had to start hunting on our streets, where wild rabbits are scarce but house cats are plentiful
A microbe that can thrive on arsenic upends the possibilities of alien life … A sexy pitch for recycling … Will the Popemobile go electric? … And plans for an eco-friendly World Cup
The obesity epidemic has expanded beyond pets and humans. Other kinds of animals have been getting larger, and there are new theories that implicate pollution and viruses. Still, the basic facts about good food and exercise haven’t changed.
Millions of animals are killed on our roads every year. Wildlife migrating through Colorado has to contend with the I-70. Now five teams of designers have proposed plans for a wildlife crossing. Check out their designs; one of them will be the winner