Meet Lucy: World’s smallest working dog January 28, 2014 This exists: “Smallest working dog.” And, the honour bestowed by the good folks at Guinness – the World Records people, not the beer purveyor… Continue Reading
Match made in Nyack. Nuns adopt elderly pitbull January 28, 2014 Remi, the pit bull, has spent months in a shelter in New York but the nine-year-old dog got a holy reprieve when three nuns… Continue Reading
Owl wants to befriend dog January 27, 2014 Thank you Godvine and Youtube for alerting us to this video of an owl who wants to be friends with a dog. Where does the… Continue Reading
Doves of peace released by Pope Francis are attacked in mid-flight January 27, 2014 What happened to these doves after they were attacked? No one knows. But the sight of two doves of peace being pecked by two… Continue Reading
Smokey Bear wins big at the Grammys (Thanks, Pharrell) January 26, 2014 The biggest winner at the Grammys may well be Smokey Bear. Pharrell’s choice of headgear raised some eyebrows among style hawks Sunday night. But… Continue Reading
Seaquarium’s Lolita may be released back into Puget Sound January 26, 2014 There’s long been a public push to free Miami Seaquarium star Lolita. The killer whale was first captured in the 1970s and is a… Continue Reading
Cannibal rats on a ghost ship from Canada. Fact or fiction? January 25, 2014 This story kind of freaks us out. Is there really a ghost ship full of cannibalistic rats about to crash on the shores of… Continue Reading
Jerky treats to return to stores; FDA no closer to finding cause of pet deaths, illness January 25, 2014 Some brands of jerky treats for pets will soon return to store shelves in the United States a year after they were pulled amid… Continue Reading
Elephant seal vs hagfish: trust us, this is unusual January 24, 2014 The elephant seal is not the most attractive creature out there. It’s large proboscis resembles an elephant’s trunk, hence its name. Perhaps even more… Continue Reading
Single male fruit fly in NZ creating anxious horticulturalists January 23, 2014 It’s an anxious time for horticulturalists in New Zealand after a single male fruit fly was found in a surveillance trap in Whangarei earlier… Continue Reading
