How My Cat Sees Things
Currently circulating on the Web. Original source seems to be unknown. How does your cat see things?
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Ringling Caves!
The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
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Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible
One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is…
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2013 Game Changers
Two events share top prize as game changers for the year just ending: The Nonhuman Rights Project's lawsuits have started a whole new conversation about how we relate to other…
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Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety
It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
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Liberators or Terrorists?
When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…
The Right Music for Cats
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers
The Yeti Bear
The Bird and the Guitar
Watch as a baby bird half-falls, half-flies out of her nest and lands on the guitar of Josh Williams at the Doyle Lawson Bluegrass Festival in Denton, NC on May 5, 2011. Sitting in the front row of the audience was a veterinarian who returned the chick to her nest.
Bunny Gives Sheepdog a Break
Cute bunny on a European farm keeps busy herding the sheep.
Does Hunting Save Endangered Animals?
These are game-hunting ranches – also known as breeding ranches, where endangered species are being “protected.” (I’m not sure that the animals I saw being shot felt that the protection was wholly adequate.)
Is it Good ‘Luck’ for Horses, Wolves?
The new HBO TV drama series Luck – about people in the horse racing industry – hasn’t brought much good fortune to the horses. So far, two are reportedly dead – one from falling during a race sequence and another killed during a later episode.
Orangutan Mother and Baby Rescued from Hunters
As a gang of local youths surrounded a 30-year-old, pregnant orangutan and her 5-year-old child, all the mother could do was try to shield the baby from the knives that were coming at them.
Many Dolphins Safe after Stranding
It’s been grueling work both for the dolphins and the volunteers who have been rescuing them day and night, but it’s been worth it. Those who survived the recent mass strandings on Cape Cod shores and have been rescued are now swimming about 18 miles off the coast of Maine
Bubble Bath Bear
This bear doesn’t seem to mind that his bubble bath is ice cold. He just likes the bubbles. Photographer Sergey Gorshkov took the photo in Kamchatka, eastern Russia, as part of a project he’s been working on for seven years following a group of bears.
Air Force Now Investigating Sheep Beating
Army investigators say they now believe that the men seen in a video cheering as they watch a sheep being beaten to death with a baseball in Afghanistan are airmen, and they have handed the case over to Air Force authorities.
Dogs With a Nose for Poop
Scientists trying to determine why killer whales are dying off are getting help from dogs; specifically, their keen sense of smell. In Washington State’s Puget Sound, scientists are examining the feces of killer whales to determine if factors such as pollution, boat traffic, and eating habits are to blame for the mammals’ declining population.
Killer Whales in Ocean Show
It’s the real thing – and much better than anything you can see at a marine circus like SeaWorld. These orcas were among dozens seen along the Southern California coast over the last week as they migrate south to Mexico.
Elephants Mourn Loss of Baby
Elephants gathered around 3-month-old Lola after she had died from a pulmonary embolism at Germany’s Hellabrunn Zoo.
Lola had been taken to the hospital, but she died during a cat scan prior to going into surgery.
Dolphins at War – 40 Years Ago
After seeing our report on the U.S. Navy once again deploying its dolphin conscripts to the Persian Gulf, a reader wrote in to remind us about a 60 Minutes story from back in 1973, when Morley Safer interviewed various dolphin trainers and military personnel.
The Cat Burglar
Who stole Camera 11? The scientists had left 11 cameras in a remote area of Tajikistan, hoping to take photos and video of rare, elusive snow leopards. When they went to retrieve them three months later … only 10 cameras.
Top Climate Scientist Arrested at White House
NASA’s chief climate scientist used to present his research inside the White House. But nobody took any notice. Now he stands outside in the cold, protesting the lack of action – and getting arrested for it.
A Graphical Tour Through the Climate of 2011
New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA show that for the 35th year in a row, the globe was warmer than average during 2011, and about the 10th-warmest year on record since 1880.
Who’s the ‘Invasive’ Species?
Who exactly has been invading whose territory? A slideshow in Huffington Post presents 10 of “the invasive species threatening North America.”
Whale and Dolphin Playing Together?
Many species interact in the wild, most often as predator and prey. But recent encounters between humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins reveal a playful side to interspecies interaction.
Farewell to World’s Oldest Pooch
Uncle Chichi, the toy poodle who lived in the West Village and was at least 24 (maybe even 26 years old) has gone to doggie heaven.
The 33,000-Year-Old Bark
The remains of a dog, discovered in Siberia, show that humans and dogs were living and working together at least 33,000 years ago.