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3 days ago - Big Cat Rescue
Two Juvenile Ospreys Among the Latest Victims of Government-Sanctioned Killing
An osprey feeds her chicks. On Monday in Calvert County, Maryland, a different osprey had her young snatched from their nest by a government agency. The two juveniles were...
3 days ago - Alley Cat
Mom Surprises Daughters By Secretly Rescuing The Dog They Fell In Love With
Rosie, a one-year-old Great Pyrenees/Golden Retriever mix, was brought to a Georgia shelter after her parents got divorced. The young mother couldn't afford to move with both...
3 days ago - iHeart Dogs
Facing Euthanasia, Local Shelter Offers Dog Dad Hope For His Injured Pup
Stephen Foster works as a part-time maintenance man at a gas station in Dade City, Florida. Since the recent death of his wife of 35 years, Stephen has come to rely on the love...
3 days ago - iHeart Dogs
Comparison of long non‐coding RNAs in adipose and muscle tissues between seven indigenous Chinese and the Yorkshire pig breeds
Summary lncRNAs play crucial roles in fat metabolism in animals. Previously, we have compared the mRNA transcriptome profiles between seven fat-type Chinese pig breeds and one...
4 days ago - Animal Genetics
30 Of The Funniest Tweets About Cats And Dogs This Week
“Have learned many powerful lessons from my cat, such as that you can get whatever you want if you are so f**king annoying.”
4 days ago - Huffington Post
Are East Texas Birds Toxic?
Just returned from East Texas a short while ago. Did some birdwatching of course but saw nothing exotic or unexpected, but I was struck by the difference in coloration in East...
4 days ago - Ornithology
Birding Bob
There's a birdwatcher in Central Park in New York City who calls himself Birding Bob. He leads bird walks in the park for the nominal sum of $10. But according to the New York...
4 days ago - Ornithology
The First Frontier
I am reading the The First Frontier by Scott Weidensaul, prolific nature writer and eminent ornithologist. A synopsis of the book reads: “Frontier: the word carries the...
4 days ago - Ornithology
The Science of the Syrinx
A little anatomy today. In Chicago when I was a kid of about 10, I was sitting on my home's front porch when a parakeet landed on my head, obviously an escapee. A tame and...
4 days ago - Ornithology
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Guide to Long Distance Binoculars
Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
Best Birding Binocular 2016/2017
During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
BirdWatching Binoculars 101
If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica
Grouse are the chickens we would love to lay eyes on. “Gamebirds” to some, cool, cryptic understory birds to the birding people, grouse crouch protected as unfettered winds...
31 Of The Funniest Tweets About Cats And Dogs This Week
“My dad's two dogs expelled from dog daycare due to forming a ‘dog gang.'”
A xxxxxxxx of Woodswallows
It is winter here on the east coast of Australia. So we are entitled to complain about the cold. At my house on a very chilly winter morning it may be as cold as five degrees...
Thankful for Our Keepers on National Zookeeper Week
Blog Home National Zookeeper Week 2021 July 23, 2021 As it is every year, National Zookeeper Week is dedicated to sharing the passion and devotion of keepers to the world! The...
Dog Stays By Man's Body For Hours After He Passes Away
“Dogs, I think, might be more important than principles,” author Kevin Hearne writes in his 2018 book, Scourged. “They provide love and loyalty when you need them the...
Tufts veterinary school takes part in nationwide mammal survey
Research assistant professor Chris Whittier spoke with The Grafton News about the school's wildlife camera traps and working on Snapshot USA's mammal survey.
There's a Vaccine for Lyme Disease. So Why Can't We Get It?
Professor Sam Telford spoke with New York Magazine about ticks and Lyme Disease.
Cats Are Better Than Dogs
Professor Jonathan Runstadler is quoted in The New York Times on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between humans and pets.
Mast Landing Brewing Company: Pantless Thunder Goose Double India Pale Ale
The Guinness toucan is easily the most iconic bird mascot in beer history, but the storied Dublin brewery also boasted an ostrich and a pelican in its colorful, avian...
Alley Cat Allies Files Lawsuit Against East Bay Parks over Unlawful New...
Oakland, Calif. - July 22, 2021 - Alley Cat Allies, the world's leading experts on cats, has filed a lawsuit asking the California Superior Court for Alameda County to stop the...