Whippets are racing dogs – bred to be sleek and lithe. But every now and then, amidst a litter of perfect whippet puppies, championship breeders get what’s called a “bully whippet.” It looks more like a long-nosed pit bull.
Here, pictured in the New York Times, is bully whippet Wendy (right.) Some of us […]
Unbeknownst to the Earth’s whale population, it’s been a big week for whales. Above the ocean’s surface, we humans have been determining their fate.
First off, it seems that Delta and Dawn are back at sea. When the two wayward humpback whales, a mother and her calf, were sighted 90 miles inland, up the […]
Sustainable food. Yes, absolutely. Of course, we’re all for it.
But what exactly is it?
It’s a question that was debated at Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Food Institute on Thursday.
There were some agreed-upon yeses, according to The Daily Green.
Local is better
Why? it requires far less energy to get food from the farm to your plate than when […]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, is not a truth serum.
But researchers are saying it’s a top notch lie detector that far surpasses the polygraph in determining whether or not a person is lying.
The polygraph just measures physiological responses to stress - your pulse rate, sweating, irregular breathing - and has largely been discredited as […]
In the past few months, U.S. beekeepers have lost a quarter of their honeybee colonies. If you’re thinking “Good, less bee stings on the playground,” you’re thinking way too small.
“About a third of the American diet can be traced back to bees,” said May Berenbaum, professor and head of the department of entomology at […]
Dogs and people. We’re two species that like each other. Thrive together. We’re both highly social animals. We’ve been partners for maybe 12 thousand years
Besides our mutual affection, we help each other out. We feed our dogs, give them a place to live, protect them. And dogs do what we need - whether it’s guard […]
Hello, I’m Eleanor Imster of Earth & Sky.
I was one of those kids who liked animals better than people. And what about now, at age 47? They’re about even. It’s not that I like people more, I just love animals a little less. And having children changes things. But always, I find observing and thinking […]
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