The Secrets Of Gift-Giving Crows
You may not receive a gift from crows in return for feeding them, as one family reports they did, but the experts say it’s OK to share a snack with these smart, social birds.
Here’s A Debate: Can Chimps ‘Say’ Apple?
When “Dutch” chimps living with “Scottish” chimps modify the way they call for apples, what does that tell us about human language?
From Orphaned, Frostbitten Cub To Fearless ‘Tiger Princess’
Great tiger news this month as one fierce test-case orphan makes it on her own in the Russian Far East, and the big cat census is on the rise in India.
Pet CSI: How Dog And Cat DNA Nabs Bad Guys
Through veterinary forensics, dogs and cats help crack horrific crimes, including murder and rape, by doing nothing more than shedding, drooling, urinating, defecating or bleeding.
A Dwarf Elephant With Outsized Attitude
First seen in 2013, a wild dwarf elephant in Sri Lanka, who is only five feet tall at the shoulder, has been sighted again–as pugnacious as ever.
Drug Cartels Vs. The Cutest Mammal In The Sea
The race is on to save a spectacular stranger– the vaquita, a shy, beautiful, and mysterious porpoise, whose habitat is being plundered by criminals.
The Half-Captive, Half-Wild Elephants Of Myanmar: A Quirky Road To Survival
Have Myanmar’s highly endangered Asian elephants been saved in a counter-intuitive way–in part, by keeping them employed in logging camps?
Spying On The World’s Most Famous Hawk: Pale Male
If any bird can be considered an iconic New Yorker, he’s it. At 24, a venerable age for a hawk, Pale Male has lived the lyrics of the famous song–he’s done it his way.
A High-Tech Way To Save Whales
A new app, created by a consortium of top marine groups, is designed to crowd-source conservation and save whales from deadly ship strikes.
Animals Do Have Emotions, But What Should We Call Them?
We share a lot with other animals—emotionally, cognitively, and neuro-chemically—but many humans still use outdated linguistic distinctions that put animals in their (allegedly inferior) place.