Helping Elephants to Pack Trunks
Bob Barker hosts press conference in Canada about a plan to move the three elephants at the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary.
A Huge Window to Our Souls
Elephants love, grieve, get angry and stressed, and they like to enjoy themselves. This also puts them among the most emotionally and mentally vulnerable of all animals. Just like us.
Circus Elephant Has New Life
Annie was rescued from the circus and now is enjoying her new life at the Longleat Safari Park in England and treating her new abode like it’s always been home.
GoDaddy CEO Bagged Female, not “Bull”
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons is still saying that the elephant he shot and killed on a hunting expedition in Africa was a dangerous male “problem elephant.”
Impact of Gulf Disaster Greatly Underestimated
A new study argues that many more whales, dolphins and other animals died in the Gulf oil spill last year than people were led to believe.
French Hamster Sets Wheels of Justice Spinning
Endangered wild hamsters face extinction in France. One man’s crusade to save them has taken his case to the European Court of Justice.
The Emotional Lives of Animals – Part 2
Here are some more anecdotes that are consistent with research on the emotional lives of animals, showing friendship, grief and gratitude.
Should I Feed My Raccoon Visitors?
Veterinarian answers a question about whether it is a good idea to feed your neighborhood wildlife. What are the risks to your own pets?
Stars Come Out for the Animal “Oscars”
The Genesis Awards honors media and entertainment organizations and celebrities who have helped the plight of animals in past year.
How Do We “Love” Polar Bears?
The death of Knut the polar bear at the Berlin Zoo raises questions on how should we express our love for an endangered species.
Mice Love to Sing – and Sing to Love
Researchers have found that mice sing with a complex series of chirps and whistles that are very similar to the songs of birds and are designed to impress their lady friends
Defying Conventional Wisdom at 60
Wisdom, the albatross, is the oldest wild bird documented in North America. Wisdom has probably raised at least 30 to 35 chicks during her life.
Croc Found Snoozing Behind the Sofa
A Brazilian woman found her 3-year-old son sitting on the living room floor behind the sofa, happily petting the head of an invited stray animal: a 5-foot crocodile who had apparently been looking for somewhere to rest from the floods
Lions from Bolivia Settling In at Sanctuary
The big cats are living in a 15,000-square-foot biosphere, complete with grass, trees and other natural features. Meanwhile, the sanctuary is building a permanent 80-acre fenced site for them
Sixth Sense, or Just Paying Attention?
So many people at the park are tuned out to the sights and sounds of real life, and plugged in to their IPods? Animals, however, are always tuned in. Maybe that’s why we often think they have a “sixth sense.”
What’s Happening to Our Bats?
A disease that has wiped out more than a million bats in the eastern United States is now rapidly spreading west. Experts say the little brown bat is a keystone species that we have to save
Christiane Aman-purr Predicts Outcome in Egypt
Stephen Colbert argues that the amazing psychic talents of animals should not be wasted on football … introduces political expert
Punxsutawney Phil’s Alter Ego
Do groundhogs really like being held up to crowds of people with flashing cameras? A group of students decide to try their hand at an electronic version of the famous weather forecaster. Just as accurate, but not as cute!
World’s Greatest Squirrel
“A squirrel managed to get into our indoor-outdoor den while we were away,” writes renowned blogger Zennie Abraham. The squirrel hadn’t survived, so Zennie decided that the least he could do would be to give her a good funeral
A Whale of a Rescue
It took almost a month, but an expert team of whale biologists have finally freed a North Atlantic right whale who was tangled up in fishing lines and ropes and wire mesh off the coast of Florida