Animals

Jane Kim, hard at work on the Wall of Birds.

Feathered Friends Large And Small Flock On Cornell's 'Wall Of Birds'

8:17am October 28, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Artist Jane Kim was nicknamed "Michaelangela" for her work on Cornell's massive Wall of Birds mural — 40 feet high and 100 feet wide, capturing 375 million years of avian evolution in paint.

World News

It's A Chick! Sydney's Same-Sex Penguin Couple Welcome Baby

4:34am October 26, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Sphen and Magic, a male penguin couple, are now dads to their newborn foster chick. The unnamed chick weighed in at 91 grams; its sex will be determined later by a DNA test.

A sea cucumber that looks like a headless chicken has been caught on video in the deep seas near East Antarctica, thousands of miles from where one of the species was last spotted.

World News

Behold The Headless Chicken Of The Deep Sea

8:27pm October 22, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A sea cucumber that looks like a headless chicken has been caught on video in the deep seas near East Antarctica, thousands of miles from where one of the species was last spotted.

The first set of barns that will eventually supply chickens for the Costco project was recently completed near the town of Hooper, Neb. Approximately 20,000 breeding hens will be raised here.

National

Costco Builds Nebraska Supply Chain For Its $5 Rotisserie Chickens

5:57pm October 22, 2018

by Grant Gerlock

Costco is building a facility in Nebraska to process chickens from hundreds of nearby farms for sale as rotisserie chickens. The warehouse retailer sells 60 million rotisserie chickens each year.

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The authors of a new study on veterinarians and mental health say vet school should include more training on how to cope with the moral distress vets face when asked by pet owners to do things that are against their medical judgement.

Survey Finds Widespread 'Moral Distress' Among Veterinarians

10:57am October 17, 2018

by Carey Goldberg

Most of the 800 veterinarians surveyed feel ethical qualms when pet owners ask them to euthanize animals that could be treated, or when owners ask to keep pets alive who will suffer needlessly.

Roughly 100 Cats Have Been Flown Out Of Hurricane-Ravaged Florida

8:46am October 16, 2018

Malik Jackson paid for the Wings of Rescue flight. He's a defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars and has a foundation called Malik's Gifts. The cats were flown to Delaware.

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Officials At The U.S. Embassy In Canberra Apologize For Email Invitation

6:36am October 16, 2018

It looked like an invitation to a meeting in Australia but attached was a photo of a cat reclining back, holding a plate of chocolate chip cookies, wearing a blue cookie monster outfit.

Indian officials may need to try Calvin Klein's Obsession in order to lure a man-killing tiger. (The tigers pictured are not the exact ones mentioned in this story.)

World News

Calvin Klein's Obsession Could Be The Trick To Catching A Tiger

5:15pm October 14, 2018

by Samantha Balaban

Wildlife officials in India are trying to catch a tiger thought to be responsible for the deaths of several people. So far, no luck. But could the secret to success be under their noses?

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A hamster perks up at a cemetery in Vienna in May 2017. The common hamster is at risk in parts of Europe, but conservation efforts have improved its chances of survival.

With Europe's Hamsters At Risk, Better Call The 'Hamster Commish'

11:22am October 14, 2018

by Lidia Jean Kott

Vienna had a problem: A key construction site threatened the habitat of dozens of hamsters — yes, common hamsters, a protected species in Austria. Here's how the developers saved the little animals.

Watch out for Merlina — she'll steal your lunch with no regrets.

'The Ravenmaster' Is Definitely (There) For The Birds

8:00am October 14, 2018

by Petra Mayer

Legend says that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, England will fall. Luckily, ravenmaster Chris Skaife is there to care for them, and he's got a new book about these extraordinary birds.

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