The smallest mammoth ever known to have existed has been confirmed to have lived on the island of Crete—and scientists believe that it was an adult which had evolved into a dwarf species of the giant beasts. More »
Good news: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that they are calling on our nation's pork, beef, and poultry farmers to reduce the use of antibiotics in these animals. Bad news: Some watchdog groups say this recommendation doesn't go far enough. And worse yet: The real reason these...
Easter isn't always a lot of fun for the hens who supply all those eggs we love to hide. In fact, PETA reports that the egg industry is responsible for the suffering of 280 million chickens each year who endure a "nightmare" of a life that includes a large portion of their beaks being cut off...
Researchers from Emory and the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a new treatment approach that appears to halt the spread of cancer cells into normal brain tissue in animal models. Treating invasive brain tumors with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation has improved clinical...
I THINK my cat tried to laugh today...I put a cotton ball on her head and she didn't know it was there...after a few minutes she moved her head and it landed in front of her and she was startled for a few seconds...and then I Burst out in laughter...My cat saw me and my reaction and then opened...
I THINK my cat Tried to laugh today...
I put a cotton ball on her head and she didn't know it was there (Yes I was bored, so I was bugging her! x-D hehe!)...after a few minutes she moved her head and the cotton ball fell & landed in front of her.
She was startled for a few seconds...and then I...
You read about tigers beening hunted to extinction for their fur and claws, rhinos for their horns and elephants for their ivory the demand always seem to come from the far east dont they know that these wonderfull animals are almost gone
A team of researchers based in Namibia, South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom now report fossils from a Namibian deposit that seem to be animals and apparently date to about 760 million years ago. This extends the known time span of animals on the planet by about 17 percent....
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On a quest to ban the promotion of restaurants that serve tortured animals, PETA is calling on the well-known restaurant rating manual, Michelin Guides, to request that they stop awarding stars to restaurants that serve foie gras or shark fin soup. Just hearing about the abuse these animals go...
...game on the Iphone? I have expanded around both the beaver and rabbit, and have even seen them walking around before (I can't seem to find them now). I have tapped on both the animals and their houses and it does nothing. How can I discover these animals?
Over the weekend, a Blisstree reader, Jacqueline Joan, made a compelling request that we revoke our support for PETA, based on our usage of a PETA photo in a gift guide featuring vegan wool alternatives. She called for other readers to help her in voicing concerns over PETA's sexist ads, which...
It is illegal to shoot a cougar in Minnesota unless it is about to eat you. This did not stop Bruce Ihnen and Daniel Hamman from killing one of these beautiful beasts. Ihnen and Hamman need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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A California law makes it illegal for the meat industry to use cruel and violent practices to force sick, 'downed' animals to slaughter—and thereby into the human food chain.*But the meat industry is pushing the United States Supreme Court to strike down the state law. The case, which the high...
comes through vent in ceiling? My bedroom is now downstairs. Problem: I can hear EVERY whisper and footstep taken in the kitchen and dining room located directly above me. Considering that I have two younger brothers who do much more than whisper and tip toe through the house this is a big...
I just recently bought a few year old rabbit. I currently live in a small condo, so letting him roam free in an enclosed room without any other animal is impossible. My family and I are moving into a house sometime next month, and I'll have a basement room, so I can very easily keep that door...
clearly they did not evolve into other species, because obviously EVOLUTION IS A THEORY AND HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN, and let me remind everyone, that THERE ARE STILL MONKEYS.
Sometimes animals display behaviors that appear to reduce their fitness. Using our species as an example, offer an explanation as to why humans may feel compelled to help other people that we may have never met.
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Years ago, I read an old newspaper account of chaos in 19th century New York City; A storm damaged many of the cages at the Central Zoo, and most of the wild animals got out. The next day or two was spent rounding up the animals, and even the mayor and the governor, who were experienced big game...