Tag: Cats
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The Week in Animal News: Cyborg Lobsters, Painting Parrots and More
A research team has implanted cells into a lobster to use it to produce electricity. A parrot paints pictures of parrots, dead bugs get memorial and more.
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Kenyan Teen's Invention Saves Lions, Helps Farmers
A 13-year-old inventor in Kenya has come up with a low-cost, eco-friendly way to protect his family's livestock that could also serve as a solution to a serious problem in his country -- managing human-wildlife conflict.
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Common Housecat Gives Birth to a Rare African Kitten
For the first time ever, conservationists from the Audubon Nature Institute have successfully used a common cat as surrogate to a tiny African black-footed kitten, an adorable yet dwindling species.
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How Big Cats React to Their Own Reflections (Video)
Judging from their confident strut, big cats clearly suspect they look good -- but just how do they react when finally seeing their own handsome reflection staring back at them?
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Alan Rabinowitz, Defender of the Big Cats (Podcast)
In a tireless career, Alan Rabinowitz has accomplished more than most people can even dream, establishing some of the largest animal reserves in the world from South America to Asia.
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The Week in Animal News: Smuggling Poisonous Snakes in Suitcase, Hybrid Sharks, and More
A man was caught trying to smuggle 247 live animals onto a plane. We also have hybrid sharks, scientists tickling animals, architecturally designed cat houses, and more.
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The Week in Animal News: The Return of the Wooly Mammoth, Ziplining Bull Dog, and More
Scientists are close to reviving the extinct wooly mammoth through cloning. We also have a bulldog ziplining to a treehouse, a tiger killed for its whiskers, and more.
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Persian Leopards Make a Comeback in Afghanistan
A camera trap in Afghanistan's central highlands photographed a Persian leopard, thought to have disappeared from the region.
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Green Gift Guide: The Animal Lover
From sushi cat toys to adopting a lemur to an award-winning film documenting colony collapse disorder, find a gift for your animal lover right here.
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The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow)
Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.
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The Week in Animal News: Long Lost Cat Comes Home, Animals Bathing, and More (Slideshow)
A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.
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The Week in Pictures: Camping Trailer is also a Boat, Cats Nap in TVs, and More (Slideshow)
Wouldn't it be nice if you could just take your car from road to lake? Well now you can, and while camping to boot: This wild design morphs a trailer from a tent into a boat.
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Cat Lost 5 Years Ago in Colorado Found in Manhattan
When the Squires family of Boulder, Colorado, lost their cat Willow five years ago, they feared for the worst. With the coyotes and owls prowling the Rocky Mountain area in mind, they eventually gave up hope, and
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Old TVs, Suitcases and VCRs Upcycled into Vintage Pet Products
Design firm AtomicAttic loves vintage, and vintage plus the urge to create new things is the perfect recipe for upcycling. Their most interesting work is made for pets. In Miles and Aimee's workshop, old television
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PETA Confirms Porn Site Plans
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has confirmed, to HuffPo, that the animal advocacy organization will launch a porn site at peta.XXX. PETA historically has not hesitated to bare flesh
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Rare Photos Reveal Thriving Snow Leopard Populations in Afghanistan
In the last twenty years, snow leopard populations have fallen by 20%, enough to merit a spot on the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) endangered species list. But, thanks to efforts by the
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Humans Dress as Bobcat to Ready Kittens for the Wild
There's nothing as important or endearing as a mother's love, even if the mother in this case takes the form of a veterinarian in a urine-soaked animal costume. In an effort to raise abandoned bobcat kittens without exposing them to
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Male Tiger Plays Mom to a Litter of Orphaned Cubs
In nature, raising tiger cubs to maturity is almost always the job of mom alone, with tiger-fathers showing little interest in child rearing if any at all. For what may be the very first time, however, officials from a wildlife
