Although it may not seem that way, the scientists who named a species of blood fluke after Barack Obama meant the sobriquet as a compliment. Found in the lungs of Malaysian freshwater turtles, Baracktrema obamai is a study in resilience, according to biologist Thomas Platt, who helped discover...
After removing the tick using forceps, a mirror and a small torch, the tick was hustled off to Georgia where its DNA was sequenced revealing that this little world traveler might possibly be an entirely new species. Tony Goldberg, the professor harboring this tiny nightmare in his nose, is ...
- Banned pets: chimpanzees, tigers, lions, crocodiles, jaguars, leopards, venomous reptiles In 2011, a Florida woman and her boyfriendwere sentencedto 12 years in prison after their Burmese python escaped from its cage and strangled the woman's 2-year-old daughter to death. Venomous reptiles, ...
Last week, news broke that the Trump administration was going to allow hunters toimporttrophies of elephants killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the United States, reversing the trophy import ban implemented by the Obama administration in 2014. ...
In reality, aren’t all pets emotional support animals? After all, that’s why we love them, for the emotional support and unconditional love they give us. Do people really need to bring these dogs into the stores? Is it possible they’re just looking for attention?
The Portuguese water dog was made famous as the pet of choice for the Obama family. These sharp animals make excellent therapy and hearing dogs due to their willingness to learn complicated commands. #36. Giant schnauzer (tie) Paul Kounine // Wikimedia Commons ...
Tell Obama: Ban Military's Torture of Animals Motala walking for the second time today. Motala's prosthetic leg has been scheduled to 15-16 August, 2009.Ten years after her tragic accident. The Eyes of Thailand Updates and Friends of the Asian ElephantMotala and MoshaMotala will receive ...
In hisnew memoir,A Promised Land, the former American president Barack Obama describes the greatest pleasure of 2009, his first year in the White House, as the arrival of Bo, a Portuguese water dog, given to him by the late senator Ted Kennedy and his wife, Vicki. “With Bo, I got ...
The Portuguese water dog was made famous as the pet of choice for the Obama family. These sharp animals make excellent therapy and hearing dogs due to their willingness to learn complicated commands. #36. Giant schnauzer (tie) Paul Kounine // Wikimedia Commons ...