Source: Time BY Justin Worland The giraffe is now “vulnerable” to extinction following a population decline due to a slew of different human activities, according to a new report. The findings […]
Source: BBC By Helen Briggs BBC News Image copyrightTHINKSTOCKImage captionTropical species are thought to be particularly vulnerable Many species will not be able to adapt fast enough to survive climate change, say scientists. A study of more than 50 plants and animals suggests their ability to adapt to changes in […]
Source: BBC By Colin Barras If you try to imagine a speedy predator, you might envision the muscular body of a cheetah at full sprint, or the aerodynamic pose of […]
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott, CNN (CNN)A conversation between dolphins may have been recorded by scientists for the first time, a Russian researcher claims. Two adult Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, […]
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: Does Islam allow experimenting on animals for the good of mankind? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul […]
Source: Time By Melissa Chan Man’s best friend is also man’s oldest friend. Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated, with evidencesuggesting they were tamed about 15,000 years ago. But […]
Source: BBC Just how far down in the Earth’s crust can animals survive? In the dark, hot depths of several South African gold mines, there live some tiny worms that […]
Source: theguardian.com Undercover video shot by an animal welfare group appearing to show the brutal treatment of sheep at a Yorkshire abattoir has rekindled the debate over whether animals need to be stunned before they are killed. More…..http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/03/halal-slaughterhouse-staff-investigated-alleged-animal-cruelty-bowood-lamb-yorkshire
ET: Murder is commonplace and so is mass murder. It is a news item, and news items change too quickly to keep count, to mourn properly, to be disturbed over for very long. Yet, even now, occasionally the soul is bruised. It will not last, however, it does linger. Death […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown “Animal welfare takes precedence over religion” declared Denmark’s ministry of agriculture when a ban on ritual slaughter came into effect this week. There were immediate accusations of antisemitism and Islamophobia from Jews and Muslims, even though both communities are still free to import meat killed […]
An addition to the rare species of Indonesia Just watching a shark that uses its fins to walk across the ocean floor is cool enough, but the fact that one […]
The incident occurred in the Indian state of Punjab. Two puppies fell into a well. Their mother ran near the well and started barking, and attracted the attention of the owner, who looked inside and to his surprise there was a king cobra at the bottom, which didn’t pose any […]
Time.com: Europe Horsemeat Scandal Widens: Frozen Lasagna, Spaghetti Found Tainted Frozen spaghetti and lasagna meals were removed from supermarket shelves this week in the U.K. following the discovery that products […]
By Kevin Connolly BBC News, Jerusalem There is some evidence that humans and cats first learned to cohabit in the Middle East, where cat bones are often discovered among the […]
Archaeologists, anthropologists, and biologists agree: It’s complicated. By Daniel Engber http://www.slate.com What makes us different from all the other animals? Is it our swollen brains, our idle hands, or perhaps […]
Beekeepers in northeastern France are all abuzz after their bees started producing blue honey. Since August beekeepers in the town of Ribeauville have witnessed their bees returning to the cluster […]
The world’s first liliger has been born in a Siberian zoo. Her father is an African lion, her mother is a cross between a tiger and a lion, and she […]
Starbucks is coming under fire from vegans for using ground-up bugs to color its Frappuccinos, but the use of cochineal insects is actually quite common in the food industry. In fact, cochineal […]
Jakarta Globe: Angry residents of Nunukan, East Kalimantan, are threatening to set out poison for a group of elephants blamed for destroying crops in the area. (AFP Photo) Angry residents […]