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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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FEB 20, 2019Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2019Plants & Animals
Goldfish are a favorite pet among both adults and children, but most pet goldfish are lucky to survive for just five yea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2019Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 05, 2019Plants & Animals
All wild animals must hunt to survive; it’s the natural order of things. But it’s sometimes tricky for scien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2019Plants & Animals
In a rather sad turn of events, SeaWorld Orlando witnessed the passing of one of its oldest captive orca whales on Sunda ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2019Plants & Animals
There’s no question that many people resort to nature-centric photography as an exciting pastime; but while this a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2019Plants & Animals
More than four decades ago, curious researchers carefully analyzed the stomach contents of a Central American coral snak ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2019Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2019Plants & Animals
Coral reefs do all sorts of great things for the environment. Not only do they act as underwater fortresses for smaller ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2019Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists use a variety of different techniques to survey vast landscapes and gather animal population dat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale, but despite it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2019Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2019Plants & Animals
The world is home to all kinds of bees, some better-known than others, but all bee species play an essential role in the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2018Plants & Animals
It’s not too often that conservationists get the chance to share a successful conservation story, but as it would ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2018Plants & Animals
Dogs are one of the most common choices regarding family pet selection. But despite just how sweet and loving most famil ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2019
Plants & Animals
Goldfish are a favorite pet among both adults and children, but most pet goldfish are lucky to survive for just five yea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 05, 2019
Plants & Animals
All wild animals must hunt to survive; it’s the natural order of things. But it’s sometimes tricky for scien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Pollinating insects are exceedingly vital to the ecosystem they help support, and unfortunately, many of them are in dec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
In a rather sad turn of events, SeaWorld Orlando witnessed the passing of one of its oldest captive orca whales on Sunda
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
There’s no question that many people resort to nature-centric photography as an exciting pastime; but while this a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2019
Plants & Animals
More than four decades ago, curious researchers carefully analyzed the stomach contents of a Central American coral snak
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs do all sorts of great things for the environment. Not only do they act as underwater fortresses for smaller
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists use a variety of different techniques to survey vast landscapes and gather animal population dat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The discovery of a new animal species is typically followed by excitement and praise, but after a team of researchers fr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale, but despite it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world is home to all kinds of bees, some better-known than others, but all bee species play an essential role in the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2018
Plants & Animals
It’s not too often that conservationists get the chance to share a successful conservation story, but as it would
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
Dogs are one of the most common choices regarding family pet selection. But despite just how sweet and loving most famil
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard