Critter Science: Ewe turn (left)

December 23, 2013

Left to decide on their own, most sheep tend to turn to the left. It’s a new study published in the U.S. National Library/National…

Cats were pets 5,300 years ago

December 20, 2013

This explains their superiority complex. In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy , 5,300 year old feline bones were…

Rare Komodo dragon killed in zoo fire

December 19, 2013

A fire broke out at a San Antonio Zoo in Texas killing five snakes and a 15-year-old Komodo dragon name Scatha. It’s believed a…

Toy car cam vs a pride of lions

December 14, 2013

New Zealand photographer Chris McLennan placed his Nikon camera on a remote controlled toy buggy and sent it forth into a pride of lions….

(Shark) moms know best

December 11, 2013

Salmons do it, turtles do it. Now researchers know that sharks do it too. An international team of researchers from the Bahamas, Canada, Saudi…

Unusual koala sighting … in Australia?

December 10, 2013

A koala has been spotted for the first time in seven decades in the upper Blue Mountains of Australia, according to the Sydney Morning…

Last-ditch bid to save greater sage-grouse from extinction

December 4, 2013

The Canadian government issued an unprecedented emergency protection order to save the greater sage-grouse, which is teetering on the edge of extinction. But the…

Scared of spiders? It could be in your genes

December 2, 2013

Could your reaction to spiders be related to your ancestors’ fear of them? This is pretty fascinating research. Our experiences are built up over…

Red List endangered list adds the Okapi

November 25, 2013

The Okapi’s decline has exceeded 50 per cent over three generations, which for the blue-tongued forest giraffe, is a mere 24 years. The Okap…

Moose-eating shark: a very Canadian critters story

November 23, 2013

You take a moose, a partially blind shark and some heroic actions from Newfoundlanders and what you end up is the kind of critter…