Photos: Purple Squirrel Found in Pennsylvania

A Purple Squirrel has been found in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania by a local couple Percy and Connie Emert. Move Over, Punxsutawney Phil. You have new competition. Mr. and Mrs. Emert have captured a purple...

2012 Puppy Bowl: MVP (Most Valuable Puppy), Kitty Halftime Show

Animal Planet's annual canine competition, Puppy Bowl VIII, saw growling rat terriers, charging Chihuahuas, and every breed in between, all competing for the title of the Bissell MVP (Most Valuable Puppy).Fumble, 9-week-old Chihuahua/Terrier from adoption...

Animal Cruelty: Facts, Prevention, Statistics and Action

Animal cruelty is one of the sickest and soulless crimes in America, and also the most preventable. People engage in animal abuse in every city around the world, for several reasons. Animal abusers can come in...

Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VIII: Start Time, Line Up

Puppy Bowl is back for its 8th consecutive year on Animal Planet. The Puppy Bowl is an all-star, all-adorable canine cast that's ready to mix it up on in the Animal Planet Stadium. When is Puppy Bowl XIII? The Puppy Bowl will air on Sunday, February 5th at 3 p.m. EST on...

Why does the religious right defend the genocide of Noah's flood?

 I was listening to conservative talk radio. The host is technically  of conservative Judaism, though his beliefs are very much in line with Orthodox Judaism. But, he defends the so called Noah's flood as strongly as any fundamentalist Christian. First of all, this...

The last big game in England

This story is not about Cricket, though some reading the headline may have been baited into thinking it so. No, it is about the days when England was an island without name, giving host to Stone Age humans from the...

Sleeping Rhino

Image of the day: Rhinoceros at Singapore Zoo.Source / copyright: http://www.schahryar.com/photoblog/483

Species Shifting Habitats Faster to North Seeking Cooler Places

Due to global warming, plant and animal species are shifting their natural habitats towards the north at a faster rate, reveals a survey of over 2,000 species. The survey, a four-decade-long analysis of various species across Europe, North and South America and Malaysia,...

Bear Mauling News: Yikes: Before and After

Chimps like bears belong in their natural habitat If your friend has a monkey, don’t visit. Bears and monkeys can both do incredible damage to humans, including killing and eating them. The enraged monkey did a...

Why the RSPCA won't be at Crufts this year

Seen a dog you like at Crufts? 46% of dogs (both crossbreeds and pure breeds*) bought in the last two years have suffered health problems and all of the 50 most popular breeds have some aspect of their body that...

Marine Bird

Swiss Marine BirdSeen at Lake Zurich, SwitzerlandSource: Image of the day

Sleeping Warthog

A warthog trying to go to sleep.Source: Image of the day

Beauty in the Beast? Sex, animals & orange soda: A perfect combo

What is it with Orangina and their bizarro fixation on animals? A few years back I went to town on an ad they had run showcasing a decidedly sex-centric orgy  of animated animals exhibiting some way-too human...

Orange Beak

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Giant Foxes Roaming the UK

Clever, I have seen them at night with my own eyes near Regents Park and even in the urbanity of Islington. There are plenty of sources of food for foxes, not to mention the occasional cat or small dog. Rats too...

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