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Animal Welfare
Animal Welfare: refers to the state of the animal; the treatment that an animal receives is covered by other terms such as animal care, animal husbandry, and humane treatment. Protecting an animal's welfare means providing for its physical and mental needs.
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JUN 05, 2018Plants & Animals
Earth’s oceans and the animals that inhabit them are experiencing a crisis; rogue pieces of plastic pollution pose ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2018Plants & Animals
Chickens can’t talk, so it’s challenging to discern precisely what makes them happy. Nevertheless, researche ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2018Microbiology
As babies crawl around on floors, the action kicks up a lot of stuff. Skin cells, dirt, bacteria, pollen and fungal spor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2018Plants & Animals
Just like people, animals of all types can exhibit left or right-handedness. On the other hand, there isn’t much r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Amur tigers are one of the world’s most elusive tiger species, but programs are in place to try and increase the w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just over a week ago TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, announced that it will no longer be selling tickets to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 21, 2016Plants & Animals
For whatever reason, people just can’t seem to leave animals alone. There are tons of horror stories out there hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2016Plants & Animals
The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland announced last week that they will move their eight Atlantic Bottlenose dol ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Orlando, Florida isn’t the only place in the world where large reptiles are reportedly attempting to consume human ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
The intersection between human and nature is one that is constantly changing, consistently confusing, and continuously f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2016Earth & The Environment
About the size of a house cat, but covered with armored scales and an anteater-long snout, pangolins are not the most ch ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 25, 2016Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 07, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Humane Society, there are multiple benefits to spaying or neutering your pets and could be the single b ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Plants & Animals
A federal animal-research center in Nebraska will not be allowed to start any new experimental projects until it strengt ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2015Plants & Animals
New photographs of some 80 young elephants that are being held in a heavily guarded facility in Zimbabwe suggest that th ...Written By: Greg Cruikshank
JUN 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
Earth’s oceans and the animals that inhabit them are experiencing a crisis; rogue pieces of plastic pollution pose
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2018
Plants & Animals
Chickens can’t talk, so it’s challenging to discern precisely what makes them happy. Nevertheless, researche
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2018
Microbiology
As babies crawl around on floors, the action kicks up a lot of stuff. Skin cells, dirt, bacteria, pollen and fungal spor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2018
Plants & Animals
Just like people, animals of all types can exhibit left or right-handedness. On the other hand, there isn’t much r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Amur tigers are one of the world’s most elusive tiger species, but programs are in place to try and increase the w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just over a week ago TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, announced that it will no longer be selling tickets to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
For whatever reason, people just can’t seem to leave animals alone. There are tons of horror stories out there hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland announced last week that they will move their eight Atlantic Bottlenose dol
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Orlando, Florida isn’t the only place in the world where large reptiles are reportedly attempting to consume human
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The intersection between human and nature is one that is constantly changing, consistently confusing, and continuously f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2016
Earth & The Environment
About the size of a house cat, but covered with armored scales and an anteater-long snout, pangolins are not the most ch
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 07, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Humane Society, there are multiple benefits to spaying or neutering your pets and could be the single b
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Plants & Animals
A federal animal-research center in Nebraska will not be allowed to start any new experimental projects until it strengt
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
New photographs of some 80 young elephants that are being held in a heavily guarded facility in Zimbabwe suggest that th
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank