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"The Hare and the Tortoise" Source: Arthur Rackham/Wikimedia Commons, pubic domain. I recently read Dr. Jo Wimpenny's book Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables and simply couldn't put it ...

Animal welfare advocates push for bans on glue traps and cat declawing, while a bill to relax pet ownership restrictions sparks debate.

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The Virginia opossum, according to John Smith—that explorer of all things Virginia—“hath a head like a Swine, & a taile like a Rat, and is of the Bignes of a Cat.” Had Smith looked closer, he might ...

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The biblical tale mentions only two Noah’s Ark animals—so for centuries artists have filled in the gaps with both fantastic tales and emerging science. Cows, elephants, giraffes ... and is that a ...

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The war in Ukraine has upended the lives of millions of people. It’s also disrupted the lives of an untold number of animals, both pets and zoo animals. An upcoming episode of Nature on PBS, “Saving ...

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