March 1, 2021
Review: Sad Animal Facts by Brooke Barker
New York Times-bestselling author Brooke Barker delights and depresses readers simultaneously with the zany, punchy, cartoony book, “Sad Animal Facts.”
Tag: animal
September 14, 2020
Tips For Hiking With Your Dog by Pups Pal
Experts from Pups Pal share pawesome tips for embarking on a hike with your furry, four-legged friend in a wonderful infographic.
August 19, 2020
Why Did Some Dinosaurs Have Cancer?
Cancer, one of the leading causes of death worldwide, appears to have afflicted the ferocious beasts the roamed the Earth with our prehistoric ancestors.
Earlier this month, research published in The Lancet Oncology Journal diagnosed a dinosaur with bone cancer. And this isn’t the first time researchers have made such a diagnosis based on dinosaur fossils.
April 25, 2020
Elephants Connection to the Land by Global Sanctuary for Elephants
Experts at the Global Sanctuary for Elephants shed light on the beautiful, innate connection elephants have to mother nature.
April 20, 2020
Winged Beauties by Carl Bovis
Bird photographer Carl Bovis stuns us with a gallery of his beautiful pictures.
April 16, 2020
How Animals Perceive Time
Ah, time. It’s a not-so-universal measurement that seems so innate to us humans that we structure our entire lives around it with alarm clocks, planners, shared digital calendars.
Although the importance we place on time is a very manmade construct – leaving some to questions whether it’s even real all together – the passage of time still remains a fact of life: the sun rises, the sunsets; we are born, we grow, we eventually die.
So, without a watch or a notification to ping them before important events, how do animals perceive time?
April 6, 2020
Harper by Maddie LeMarquand
Maddie LeMarquand delights us with lovely photos of her PAWdorable pup Harper
November 23, 2019
Gay Penguins, Medieval Heretics, and the Place of Animals in the History of Sexuality by Tim Wingard
In a NOTCHES article, Tim Wingard details the role of animal sexuality in the fight for LGBTQ rights.
October 26, 2019
Aries the Cat Ambassador: A Playful Warrior with a Heartwarming Story
Named after the Greek “God of War,” Aries is a warrior and an adventurer at his core with a playful soul and heartwarming story.
October 17, 2019
How Dogs Think, Feel, and Communicate
“BARK! BARK! BARK!” Neurons fire to one in another in the face of a feline, fire hydrant, mailman, or dog treat. “BAAAAAAARK,” neurons fire again as the owner walks out the door and leaves the canine behind for an eight-hour shift.
Dogs have been “man’s best friend” for thousands of years, reports a study published in Nature Communications – but, is man dog’s best friend? How do they regard human relationships? What do dogs think and feel? How do they communicate?