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Animals

Want Eye Contact With Your Dog? These 4 Factors Play a Role

Animals

‘Horrible Hundred’ Report Uncovers Problem Puppy Mill Breeders

Animals

How Light Pollution Affects Migratory Birds in the UK

Animals
New York Could Ban Pet Stores From Selling Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits
Animals
Former Circus Elephants Settle Into Refuge Home
Animals
South Africa to Ban Lion Breeding in Captivity
Animals
Baby Mantis Shrimp Throw a Killer Punch
Animals
How the Pandemic Has Made Things Worse for Elephants in Thailand
Treehugger Voices
What's With All the Dog Poop Bags?
Animals
Penguin's Cataract Surgery Saves His Vision
Environment
Walk Your Dog, Pick up Trash
Animals
Dolphins Are Smart Team Players That Learn 'Names' of Friends
Animals
50 Dogs Rescued From a Former Dog Meat Farm in South Korea
Animals
Some Animals Need Both Friends and Enemies for Survival
Animals
African Elephant Range Is Just 17% of What It Could Be
Animals
Critically Endangered Gorilla Born at Jacksonville Zoo
Animals
Your Dog Gets Jealous Just Imagining You With Another Canine, Study Finds
Animals
Why Do Male Gorillas Beat Their Chests?
Treehugger Voices
Rescued Blind and Deaf Puppies Are Incredibly Joyful
Animals
How Speed Bumps Are Saving Endangered Monkeys
Animals
Photo of Extremely Elusive Antelope is a First
Treehugger Voices
Majority of World's Flights Taken by a Small Minority of Elite Travelers
Animals
How People Make Some Squirrels Better Problem Solvers
Animals
Here's What's Killing Bald Eagles in the US
Animals
Teen Makes 1,000 Bow Ties to Help Pets Get Adopted
Treehugger Voices
Do Animals Deserve Personal Pronouns?
Animals
Africa's Elephants Are Now Separate Species and Both Are Endangered
Animals
Do Octopuses Dream?
Animals
Human Disturbances Force Animals to Move 70% Farther to Survive
Animals
Philadelphia Turns Out the Lights to Save Migrating Birds
Animals
Birds Learn to Skip Fast Butterflies and Their Look-Alikes
Animals
How Clean Are a Service Dog’s Feet?
Animals
Insects Can Fake Death for an Hour to Evade Predators
Animals
What Happens When Bearded Seals Aren’t Loud Enough
Animals
Is There Kangaroo in Your Shoes?
Animals
These Sea Slugs Can Lose Their Heads Then Grow New Bodies
Animals
Butterflies are Disappearing in the Western US
Business & Policy
People Drove Less During the Pandemic, But Car Crash Fatalities Rose 24%. Why?
Animals
Cuttlefish Pass ‘Marshmallow Test,’ Showing Impressive Self-Control
Animals
Frog's Lungs Act Like Noise-Canceling Headphones
Animals
Nature Disappears Online for World Wildlife Day
Animals
One-Third of the World’s Freshwater Fish Face Extinction
Environment
Polar Bears, Northern Lights, and Enjoying Nature During the Pandemic
Animals
What's Happening to Polar Bears and Narwhals as Arctic Ice Melts
Animals
Meet Skipper the 'Miracle' Puppy Born with 6 Legs, 2 Tails
Animals
Borders Harm Non-Human Climate Refugees Too
Animals
Animal Rescue Has Helped 1 Million Street Dogs Worldwide
Animals
Dragonflies Do Backflips Even When Unconscious
Animals
Climate Change Likely Drove Large Animal Extinction
Wildlife
Volunteers Rescue 2,500 Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles in Texas
Animals
Barred Owl Rescued from Fireplace
Animals
Habitat Loss and Deforestation Are Stressing Out Animals
Animals
Vampire Bat Adopts an Orphaned Pup
Animals
Giraffes with Large Groups of “Friends” Live Longer
Animals
Dramatic Bushfire Image Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award
Treehugger Voices
How We Ended Up With an Invasive Species as a Pet
Animals
Noise Pollution Makes Crickets Less Picky When Mating
Animals
Gifted Dogs Learn New Words Rapidly
Animals
Germany Wants to Ban the Mass Culling of Male Chicks
Treehugger Voices
Rhino Poaching Has Declined in South Africa During Lockdown
Animals
Pet Pantries Meet Rising Need During Pandemic
Animals
Naked Mole-Rats Speak in Community Dialects
Animals
Overfishing Has Caused Shark, Ray Population to Plummet by 71%
Animals
Litter Creates Habitat for Animals in Rivers
Animals
Why Women Have Had a Great Impact on Dog-Human Relationships
Animals
Puppies in Patagonia Will Grow Up To Protect Pumas
Animals
Bats With White-Nose Syndrome Choose Habitats Where Disease Thrives
Animals
How a Warming Future Could Threaten Baby Sharks
Animals
Mountain Gorillas Are Friendly with Some Neighbors
Animals
Dwarf Giraffes Discovered in the Wild
Animals
Why Red Squirrels Depend on Good Neighbors
Animals
New Population of Blue Whales Heard in the Indian Ocean
Animals
Warming Oceans May Be Causing Sea Stars to 'Drown'
Animals
Helping Pandas Doesn't Always Help Their Neighbors
Animals
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to End Wildlife Markets and Wildlife Trade
Treehugger Voices
Your Dog Just Had an Amazing Year
Animals
Man Rescues 16 Pets From Burning Building
Animals
Online Wildlife Trade is Thriving Despite COVID-19 Risk
Animals
Artist's Intricate Jeweled Insect Art Creates Precious, Imaginary Organisms
Animals
Monarch Butterflies Aren't Getting Endangered Species Protection
Animals
Last Animals Removed From Notorious Zoo in Pakistan
Animals
Plastic Bags and Packaging Are Among Most Lethal for Marine Animals
Animals
Flashy Lizards Attract More Predators and Mates
Animals
In Rare Event, 90,000 Turtles Hatch on a Beach in Brazil
Treehugger Voices
Meet the Treehugger Puppies (and Learn Their Names)
Animals
Audubon Christmas Bird Count Kicks Off
Animals
Honey Bees Use a Clever Tool to Fight Off Giant Hornets
Animals
Bison Recovering, But 31 Other Species Now Extinct
Treehugger Voices
Help Us Name the Treehugger Foster Puppies
Animals
A Herd of Elephants is Rewilding Virunga National Park
Treehugger Voices
It's ‘Dumping Season' in the Animal Rescue World
Animals
Pets Offer Physical Comfort in Times of Stress
Animals
Winning Comedy Pet Photos Are Silly Fun
Animals
House Passes 'Tiger King' Bill to Ban Most Big Cat Ownership
Animals
'World's Loneliest Elephant' Makes a Friend
Animals
Vote for Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award
Animals
Newly Discovered Primate is Already Critically Endangered
Animals
Photo Awards Find Rollicking Humor in Nature
Current Events
Owl Rescued from Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Animals
Rescued Black Bear and Cub Safe in Texas Sanctuary
Animals
Why (and How) Groups of Animals Fight
Animals
Why Some Songbirds Coax Their Young Out of the Nest Early
Animals
Trained Dog Sniffs Out Massive Cache of Illegal Rhino Horns and Lion Parts
Animals
How Unnatural Light and Noise Affect Birds
Animals
First Shelter Dog Heads to the White House
Animals
Male Fin Whales Spread Their Songs Across the Sea
Animals
Purina Launches Insect-Based Pet Foods
Animals
Leopard Population in Northern China is on the Rise
Animals
Denmark to Cull 15 Million Mink Due to Coronavirus Concern
Treehugger Voices
Donate Your Leftover Pumpkins to the Pigs
Animals
Moon Bears Rescued From Bile Farm
Animals
100 Bison Released on Tribal Land in South Dakota
Animals
Gray Wolves Lose Protections Under Endangered Species Act
Animals
Chimps, Like People, Get Picky About Friends as They Age
Animals
Nearly 200 Dogs Rescued from Dog Meat Farms
Animals
Ghoulish New Wasp Species May Be a 'Parasite of a Parasite'
Animals
This Baby Gorilla Is Being Hand-Reared By Zookeepers
Animals
American Pika is Resilient in Face of Climate Change
Animals
Wild Giant Pandas Star in New PBS Special
Pollution
How Oil Spills Affect Birds
Animals
Scarlet Macaws Released Into Guatemalan Nature Reserve
Animals
Crickets and Katydids Sing Louder in the Suburbs
Animals
Shorebirds More Likely to Divorce After Successful Mating
Animals
Tasmanian Devils Return to Australia After 3,000 Years
Animals
Critically Endangered Orangutan Born at UK Zoo
Animals
National Zoo Reveals Panda Cub is a Boy
Animals
Dozens of Mammals Could be Susceptible to the Coronavirus, Study Shows
Animals
Israel Intends to Ban Sales of Fur
Animals
Swearing Parrots Removed From View at UK Wildlife Park
Animals
This Rescue is Building Tiny Homes for Shelter Dogs
Animals
Here's Why Butterflies Need Shade
Animals
Pets Linked to Better Well-Being During Pandemic
Animals
Do Rats Like to Be Tickled?
Treehugger Voices
The Problem with Fast-Growing Broiler Chickens
Animals
Mosquitoes in Michigan Spread Dangerous EEE Virus
Animals
Male Baboons Live Longer When They Have Female Friends
Animals
Labradoodles Are More Poodle Than Lab
Animals
How Shipwrecks Help Marine Predators
Animals
Wildlife Populations Plummet by 68% in the Last 50 Years
Animals
Mysterious Singing Dogs Emerge From Extinction After 50 Years
Treehugger Voices
Fostering Puppies During the Pandemic
Animals
Old Male Elephants are Key to Their Societies
Animals
There Are 5 Types of Cat Owners, Researchers Say
Animals
Meet the London Zoo's New Baby Sloth
Animals
Free-Roaming Dogs Keep Pandas From Thriving
Animals
Black and White Tegu Lizard Spotted for First Time in South Carolina
Animals
Mountain Lions Adapt to Save Energy in New Terrain
Wildlife
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Feed Bread to Ducks
Treehugger Voices
Cow Yoga Sparks Hindu Cleric's Concern
Animals
Tiny Elephant Shrew Species Rediscovered After 50 Years
Animals
Songbirds Sing Better After Warming Up First
Animals
Many Animal Species May Be Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2
Animals
Wolverines Return to Mount Rainier National Park After 100-Plus Years
Animals
Dogs Must Be Walked Twice A Day in Germany Under Proposed New Law
Treehugger Voices
'Putting on the Dog: The Animal Origins of What We Wear' (Book Review)
Animals
World's Most Endangered Zebras Born at Florida Wildlife Refuge
Animals
US Mink Test Positive for Coronavirus
Wildlife
Secrets of the Naked Mole-Rat Revealed
Animals
First US. Dog to Test Positive for COVID-19 Has Died
Animals
Enormous Fruit-Eating Pigeons Hunted to Extinction
Animals
Spider Monkeys Use Collective Computing When Foraging for Food
Animals
Why You Should Avoid Cosmetics That Contain Squalene
Insects
Lanternflies: The Unicorns of the Insect World
Animals
The Science Behind How Dogs Play
Animals
A Chimp's Gray Hair Doesn't Have Much to Do With Age
Pest Control
8 Facts About the Misunderstood House Spider
Endangered Species
Are Manatees Endangered?
Wildlife
Are Cheetahs Racing Towards Extinction?
Wildlife
10 of the World’s Fastest Birds
Endangered Species
Why Elephants Are Under Threat
Wildlife
Seagulls Like Food Better if Humans Touch It First
Pets
Rescue Dogs Find Help in Unlikely Places
Endangered Species
20 Animals You Didn't Know Are Going Extinct
Wildlife
How Many Polar Bears Are There?
Current Events
With Humans in Lockdown, Animals Flourish
Insects
Rare Blue Calamintha Bees Spotted in Florida
Wildlife
11 Animals That Live the Longest
Pets
The Eternal Conundrum of Dog Poop
Animals
Wild Donkeys to Roam the Danube Delta Once Again
Animals
Last Known Footage of Extinct Thylacine Discovered

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