The Whale That Spoke Like a Human (Audio)
23 October 2012 - A white whale known as NOC was able to imitate the sound of human voices even though cetaceans make sounds in a totally different way. This audio clip captures the unusual...
View ArticleElephant personalities revealed by scientists
3 November, 2012 - With their grey skin, mournful eyes and slow plodding gait, you could be forgiven for thinking elephants are uniformly melancholy creatures. But scientists have now discovered the...
View ArticleThe Spirituality of Pets
5 January 2013 - The bond between a pet and his/her caretaker is often deep and profound. Animals resonate with us in a deep way that few humans can. This is due to the fact that animals do not have...
View ArticleAnts Can Predict Earthquakes
15 April 2013 - Ants seem to sense earthquakes before they strike, according to research presented today (April 11) at the European Geosciences Union annual meeting in Vienna. They seem to pick up...
View ArticleSix animals with pets of their own
6 June 2013 - Not only do some animals display a great capacity to look after and bond with a member of another species, they also appear to form these bonds for no reason other than companionship....
View Article36 Perfectly Timed Animal Shots
13 June 2013 - 36 perfectly timed animal shots, taken with high precision but most of the time just lucky shots. Animal photography at it’s best, at least in a fun way...
View ArticleAfrican Giant Pouched Rats Learn to Diagnose TB
11 August 2013 - For the last several years, the non-profit organization APOPO has been training giant African pouched rats to detect buried land mines around the world. Their latest undertaking is...
View ArticleLilly and Maddison - A Blind Dog and her Seeing Eye Dog
29 August 2013 - Lily is a Great Dane that has been blind since a bizarre medical condition required that she have both eyes removed. For five years, Maddison, another Great Dane, had been her sight....
View ArticleTraumatised Chimps Heal Themselves With Art Therapy
6 September 2013 - The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) announced the winners of its Chimpanzee Art Contest on Thursday. What is remarkable about these artworks is not just the skill, beauty...
View ArticleDog Gets Schooled by Mother Squirrel
15 September 2013 - Can you imagine being the photographer who caught this?! Lab has baby squirrel pinned down.... and....Mother sees it from above! Mom takes action!!
View ArticleHumanity is Waking Up to the Intelligence of Nature
3 October, 2013 - There’s a heightening level of awareness within the human race with regards to nature and all that is contained within it. Everything from the discoveries of the rudiments of...
View ArticleCancer-sniffing dog rivals colonoscopy
8 October 2013 - Japanese scientists have found that dogs can distinguish people with colorectal cancer, reporting that a retriever can scent bowel cancer in breath and stool samples as accurately as...
View ArticleDogs Align Their Bodies With the Earth's Magnetic Field
4 January 2014 - You may be forgiven in thinking your dog randomly chooses where it goes to the toilet, but new research suggests their choices could be influenced by a far greater force. According to...
View ArticleEverything You Think You Know About Animals is Wrong
18 January 2014 - Human beings are the most intelligent, and therefore important, of all the world´s species, right? We deserve our superior status over other animals because of the following...
View ArticlePenny Chicken and Roo
27 February 2014 - More people are stopping by the Duluth Animal Hospital these days, but they're not there to pick up or drop off any pets — they're there to meet Penny Chicken and Roo. The silky...
View Article12 Danger Alert Signs from Animals
30 March 2014 - When it comes to natural disasters, animals are way further ahead of the curve than people are, and just seem to be able to sense change in the air. If you know what to look for, you...
View ArticleAnimals and Insects That Can Detect Cancer and Disease
13 July 2014 - Dogs have been used for decades to sniff out chemical vapors from bombs, find missing children, and more recently to detect malignancies, all through their powerful sense of smell....
View ArticleCalifornia Blue Whales Rebound From Whaling
9 September 2014 - In a conservation success story, the number of California blue whales has rebounded to near historical levels after being hunted to near extinction. This is the only population of...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....