Articles tagged “Animals”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

China Bans Animal Circuses; How About the Rest of the World? By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 23 2011 China announced a ban on animal circuses this week. It's a huge step for animals, considering how they're treated at circuses -- and in zoos -- not only in China but around the world. + READ MORE

New Taser Designed to Stun Animals By Care2.com IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 20 2011 The makers of Taser stun guns, used by police on individuals who are resisting arrest or fleeing, are now making a Taser weapon for stunning large wild animals. + READ MORE

Coyotes Put to Work in Cities By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jan 17 2011 Think you've heard about strange methods of rodent control? Think again. + READ MORE

Guy in Bear Suit Raises Funds for Conservation (Video) By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 15 2011 A fundraising campaign is trying to make Florida more friendly for black bears, and us. + READ MORE

Wild Animal Ownership Banned in Ohio By Care2.com IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 12 2011 As one of his last efforts, outgoing Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland has placed an emergency ban on the buying or selling of wild predators such as bears, wolves, primates, alligators, venomous snakes, and large constricting snakes. + READ MORE

Squeeze Some Green Out of Your Disney Vacation By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 12 2011 A blogger journeys to Disney World and comes back with blisters ... and ideas for greening your next Mickey Mouse trip + READ MORE

10 Reasons to Save Mary Lake (Slideshow) POSTED IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 5 2011 Vancouver Island residents band together to save Mary Lake ... and it reminds us that nature beats development. + VIEW SLIDESHOW

The World's 6 Most Endangered and Dangerous Animal Habitats By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 5 2011 The reasons that animals get to be on the endangered list are many and complex, but habitat and lack of safe refuge have a lot to do with it. + READ MORE

Lipton, Really? Testing on Animals? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 18 2010 Has your favorite cup of tea been tested on animals? + READ MORE

10 Craziest Moments in a Wildlife Officer Career By Team Planet Green IN Operation Wild Dec 16 2010 The Operation Wild officers have to deal with some pretty crazy stuff while on duty. Officer Steinmetz is a 22-veteran officer, and he's seen just about every kind of wild action. Catch a clip below, and find out the top... + READ MORE

Bayer's Toxic Pesticide: Biggest EPA Fail of the Year? Of the Decade? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 14 2010 A leaked memo reveals the sloppy process the EPA used to register a pesticide that could be a threat to the nation's food supply. + READ MORE

5 Reasons Why the Obesity Epidemic is Spreading to Animals By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 1 2010 The American obesity epidemic has become a hot topic of conversation. And with good reason considering we're the fattest nation in the world and we're only getting fatter. But a new study led by David Allison, a biostatistician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B and reported in Scientific American has shown that animals are experiencing the same problem. + READ MORE

Ink, Not Mink: NFL's Chad Ochocinco Strips Down for the Animals By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 29 2010 Chad Ochocino of the Cincinnati Bengals says that as a kid, he thought that fur used in the fashion industry was fake -- and when he found out it was real, and how fur is produced, he wanted to be a part of stopping it. + READ MORE

The Reality of Working as an Undercover Wildlife Officer (Interview) By Team Planet Green IN Operation Wild Nov 17 2010 Officer Dana Klein, of Florida's Fish and Wildlife Federation and Operation Wild, season 2 has two personas. To those who run into her around the neighborhood, she is a sweet wife and mother of two – your typical soccer mom.... + READ MORE

Bat Brain Research Highlights Human Selective Hearing Skills By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Nov 15 2010 How is it we can hone in on a particular conversation in a crowded room? Or notice a particular noise in a loud environment. New research into the way bats filter and process sound is providing insights into the way humans also respond to sounds. + READ MORE

Poachers a Huge Threat to Last Few Wild Tigers By Michael Graham Richard IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 9 2010 A century ago, more than 100,000 tigers could be found, and now their population is estimated at only about 3,500. Any way you slice it, that's a gigantic drop, but the saddest part is that while conservationists are fighting to save tigers, poachers are rapidly killing them to fuel the illegal trade in tiger body parts. + READ MORE

5 Reasons You Should Not Release Your Pet Into the Wild By NaturallySavvy.com IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 8 2010 People release their pets into the wild for a variety of reasons, but there are some very good reasons not to. Introducing new animals into an environment throws off the balance of the ecosystem, and many pets aren't equipped for survival in the wild. + READ MORE

Fairness & Equity Concepts Have Deep Primate Roots By Mat McDermott IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 4 2010 While the song from "South Pacific" goes on about how racism is a learned behavior, interesting research into primate behavior shows that apparently you have to be taught that the world is unfair and inequality is acceptable as well—individual chimps and monkeys don't much like it when their comrades receive a sweet grape and they only get a hard and earthy piece of carrot. + READ MORE

Novel Idea for Collecting Whale Snot via R/C Helicopter Wins Ig Nobel Prize By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Oct 25 2010 If ever there was a fun job -- and conversation starter -- it's figuring out how to collect tissue samples from live whales. On the surface it might not seem terribly interesting, but when you factor in remote control toy helicopters, whole new levels of neat open up. As do opportunities for winning Nobel Prizes. + READ MORE

Animal Studies at NYU: A Look at the School's Newest Program (Interview) By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Oct 13 2010 New York University recently stirred things up a little in the academic world. Here's what Brad Goldberg, who helped fund the new Animal Studies Initiative, has to say about why he did it, and how it might help change how we view our relationship with animals. + READ MORE