Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Good news: Your cat is not making you mentally ill

February 22, 2017

Now you can scoff the next time someone calls you a crazy cat lady. No joke. Researchers at the University College London have concluded…

RCMP police dogs training to sniff out fentanyl

February 21, 2017

Canada’s national police agency is now training its canine recruits to detect a fentanyl. The growing fentanyl scourge is killing scores of drug users…

Photo of rhino killed for its horns wins top prize at World Press Photo awards

February 18, 2017

National Geographic had one of the best critter feature story published last year when reporter Bryan Christie and photojournalist Brent Stirton detailed the plight…

Thursday Throw Down: Who’s better at stealing food? Squirrels or seagulls

February 16, 2017

In this first instalment of Thursday Throwdown, we let two known champs at stealing food duke it out for critter supremacy. In one corner,…

Who did it better? Dog who sings Michael Jackson or cat who does the Moonwalk?

February 15, 2017

In this first instalment of cat versus dog, we ask the question: When it comes to Michael Jackson, do cats dancing to Thriller or…

Meatless Monday: Livestock consultant questions value of going meatless 1 day a week

February 13, 2017

A UK livestock consultant who spoke last month in the heart of Canada’cattle country said environmental movements like Meatless Monday do not have the…

Amazing shot from Kansas game warden frees two bucks locked in death duel by their antlers

February 9, 2017

Kansas game warden Lynn Koch fired a once-in-a-lifetime shot to save the life of two bucks. In December, Koch and fellow warden Brad Hageman,…

Oh, Dear: Deer on the run at Rocky Mountain ski resort in Alberta

February 3, 2017

Even by Canadian standards, this was a pretty unusual wildlife sighting. Luke Puxley spotted two mule deer while he was skiing recently at Nakiska Ski…

Meatless Monday: Electrocution for wild animals as a form of trapping on rise in India

January 30, 2017

Animal activists are warning that increasingly electrocution is being used as a preferred method for trapping wild animals across India’s forests and the government…

This is the face that launched an epic Twitter war: #CuteAnimalTweetOff

January 27, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump may wield incredible power on Twitter, but cute animals always win the 140-characters war. This week, for example, we witnessed…