Beauty and the Beast a reminder of why so many fairy tales are about humans and animals March 21, 2017 Jane Henderson, the books editor at the St. Louis Dispatch, had a literary critter-y take on the lasting success of why so many fairy… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Giant billboard promoting Be Fair Be Vegan moves to Tasmania March 20, 2017 A worldwide campaign to promote veganism with the argument that humans are extremely prejudiced against all non-human animals has moved from Times Square in… Continue Reading
Live Feed: April the giraffe’s calf is poking out March 20, 2017 UPDATE April 15: April has her baby! See it all here. *** UPDATE: April 9 “Our big girl seems to be moving around quite… Continue Reading
Men who fed live cat to starved dogs ordered to clean Dubai zoo by Sheikh ruler March 18, 2017 We here at Critterfiles have seen some pretty gruesome things humans do to critters. There was the recent story of the dog who had… Continue Reading
Happy St. Paddy’s Day with first fluorescent (REALLY GREEN) frog found March 17, 2017 Scientists have accidentally discovered glowing amphibians in South America, just in time for everyone to get a dose of green this St. Patrick’s Day…. Continue Reading
Thursday Throw Down: Which critter is the better soccer player? Spider, fish, goats or camels? March 16, 2017 Youtube football channel Hai Style, which is all about …you guessed it, football, has a great video which we can’t stop watching. It’s all… Continue Reading
Wednesday Zen Moment: Scientists taught bees how to play soccer March 15, 2017 Bumblebees aren’t dumb. Research has previously shown bees can use cognitive skills to figure things out and dexterity to make it happen. Scientists have… Continue Reading
Protester disrupts SWSX event with A&M president over using dogs in research March 13, 2017 A PETA supporter interrupted a panel discussion at Austin’s famous South by Southwest event to protest against Texas A&M University’s research experiments on dogs…. Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Is wine vegan? One vineyard removes fish bladder to make its vegan wine March 13, 2017 Most of us assume wine is vegan, but it turns out that there are animal agents and parts in the making of every bottle…. Continue Reading
Dog looks like Sir Patrick Stewart #makeitso March 11, 2017 There are two awesome things about Blanco the dog who looks like Patrick Stewart. The first is Stewart’s reaction and the second is the… Continue Reading
