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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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JUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 15, 2020Plants & Animals
The familial and social relationships between whales, such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins, are moderately understood. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 16, 2020Plants & Animals
Polar bears are being subjected to severe living conditions as the Arctic’s ice caps continue to melt, and without ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2020Plants & Animals
Giant hornets are among the world’s largest and deadliest hornets, which might explain why they’re so revere ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2020Plants & Animals
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is one of several animals recognized as an endangered species on the International Union ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 05, 2020Plants & Animals
Today is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity. As defined by the United Nations (UN), biod ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 02, 2020Plants & Animals
A substantial number of animals have evolved to have ornate and functional headgear that can help them defend themselves ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2020Plants & Animals
Sifaka lemurs exist in families of such large numbers, that even an entire cluster of massive trees isn’t fruitful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2020Plants & Animals
Like any other bird species, adult penguins follow the tried and true tradition of raising their young close to the nest ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2020Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2020Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2020Plants & Animals
Troops of Hamadryas baboons can reach numbers of 400 strong without a single particular leader. Albeit large, these troo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Snakes have a bad rap with people because so many species are known to bite when disturbed. An even smaller subset of sn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Orangutans watch over their children for longer periods than any other primate besides humans. On average, most organs t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2020Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 26, 2020Plants & Animals
One thing that lion-tailed macaques and Malabar giant squirrels have in common is a passionate love for the taste of jac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2020Plants & Animals
Most recognize the African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) as one of Africa’s largest known frogs, but there&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2020Plants & Animals
Bats are some of the most infamous carriers of zoonotic viruses, which are viruses capable of spreading between both ani ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2020Plants & Animals
Most people have probably heard the popular idiom ‘the curiosity killed the cat’ at some point in their live ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2020Plants & Animals
If you’re a rhino of any kind, then you’d probably always want to keep your distance from humans. Rhinos hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2020Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
The familial and social relationships between whales, such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins, are moderately understood.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
Polar bears are being subjected to severe living conditions as the Arctic’s ice caps continue to melt, and without
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Giant hornets are among the world’s largest and deadliest hornets, which might explain why they’re so revere
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is one of several animals recognized as an endangered species on the International Union
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
Today is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity. As defined by the United Nations (UN), biod
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 02, 2020
Plants & Animals
A substantial number of animals have evolved to have ornate and functional headgear that can help them defend themselves
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sifaka lemurs exist in families of such large numbers, that even an entire cluster of massive trees isn’t fruitful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2020
Plants & Animals
Like any other bird species, adult penguins follow the tried and true tradition of raising their young close to the nest
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2020
Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
Troops of Hamadryas baboons can reach numbers of 400 strong without a single particular leader. Albeit large, these troo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Snakes have a bad rap with people because so many species are known to bite when disturbed. An even smaller subset of sn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Orangutans watch over their children for longer periods than any other primate besides humans. On average, most organs t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2020
Plants & Animals
One thing that lion-tailed macaques and Malabar giant squirrels have in common is a passionate love for the taste of jac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most recognize the African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) as one of Africa’s largest known frogs, but there&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Bats are some of the most infamous carriers of zoonotic viruses, which are viruses capable of spreading between both ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most people have probably heard the popular idiom ‘the curiosity killed the cat’ at some point in their live
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
If you’re a rhino of any kind, then you’d probably always want to keep your distance from humans. Rhinos hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard