That new animal welfare rule for the Organic Label may be held up by a hidden force, namely Big Ag. The Cornucopia Institute, the nonprofit that claims to watch out for the integrity of certified organic food and says it is safer than non-organics, has said that “the long arms of Big Ag” are reaching…
To care for a minor animal bite or claw wound, such as one that only breaks the skin, take these steps: Wash the wound thoroughly with soap and water. Apply an antibiotic cream or ointment and cover the bite with a clean bandage. Seek prompt medical care if: The wound is a deep puncture or…
A family of rhesus macaque huddles together during a rainfall in Mumbai on June 21, 2021. Mother monkeys permanently separated from their newborns sometimes find comfort in plush toys: this recent finding from Harvard experiments has set off intense controversy among scientists and reignited the ethical debate over animal testing. The paper, "Triggers for mother…
As Verne understood, the U.S. Civil War (during which 60,000 amputations were performed) inaugurated the modern prosthetics era in the United States, thanks to federal funding and a wave of design patents filed by entrepreneurial prosthetists. The two World Wars solidified the for-profit prosthetics industry in both the United States and Western Europe, and the…
AnimalsReferenceRats practice running through mazes, cats envision future hunts in their heads—scientists are learning more than ever before about animal dreamers. ByBrian HandwerkPublished November 2, 2022• 7 min readIf you’ve ever watched a dog nap, you’ve probably wondered if animals dream.It’s a complicated question. We still don’t know exactly why humans dream, or why dreams might…
Artist's reconstruction of Gangtoucunia aspera as it would have appeared in life on the Cambrian seafloor, circa 514 million years ago. The individual in the foreground has part of the skeleton removed to show the soft polyp inside the skeleton. Reconstruction by Xiaodong Wang. Credit: Reconstruction by Xiaodong Wang. An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils…
Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas focuses on animals that stop by for a drink. Published November 1, 2022 09:00AM EDT It all started with a small water hole. Wildlife photographer and author Will Burrard-Lucas went to a small water hole in the Shompole Conservancy in the Southern Rift Valley in Kenya. He photographed all sorts of nocturnal…
Aye-ayes use their long middle finger to pick their noses, a first for this lemur species. But scientists aren’t sure why these animals picked up the habitAn aye-aye nose-picking. Credit: Anne-Claire Fabre A long-fingered lemur has been caught on camera picking its nose—and eating the slimy goods. The culprit was Kali, an aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)…
Asia-Pacific could face higher prices of grains and meat after Russia suspended a U.N.-brokered deal that had allowed safe grain shipments out of the Black Sea.Over the weekend, the Russian foreign ministry said it "can no longer guarantee the safety of civilian dry cargo ships participating in the Black Sea Grain Initiative and will suspend…
The young Husky was part of a group of 18 dogs and puppies that had been dumped in the Doris Creek area of Flathead National Forest in Montana Published on October 31, 2022 02:01 PM A Montana woman was cited for animal cruelty after she fatally shot and skinned an abandoned husky thinking it was…
