pet news Getting Out Bulls on the lam make for a bad dream. But on a spring day in Wyoming, everything seems to be just as it should be.   nytimes.com   2010-04-28 Protected Reef Offers Model for Conservation Glover’s Reef is Belize’s largest marine reserve, a 17,500-acre zone where all types of fishing are prohibited.   nytimes.com   2010-04-27 Three-Spined Stickleback Proves a Purposeful Cannibal A study examined whether a male stickleback somehow assessed the paternity of the eggs in its care in deciding whether or not to eat them.   nytimes.com   2010-04-27 Video Shows Chimpanzees Reacting to Death Like Humans The study suggested that chimpanzees — known to have a developed sense of self and empathy toward others — were more like humans than previously thought.   nytimes.com   2010-04-27 Cracking Orca’s Code: It Comes in Several Types Using advanced methods of sequencing DNA, scientists found systematic differences in DNA between different orca populations.   nytimes.com   2010-04-27 Cat Disposal Dealing with a neighbor’s pet pests; a teacher’s pet peeve with personal questions.   nytimes.com   2010-04-24 The Court and Free Speech This is shaping up to be an especially important Supreme Court term for defining the scope of freedom of expression for better or worse.   nytimes.com   2010-04-24 Trying to Save Wild Tigers by Rehabilitating Them Animal experts are experimenting with trying to rehabilitate and release into the wild tigers that have attacked and killed people.   nytimes.com   2010-04-22 After Show Jumper’s Disqualification, More Questions Than Answers The decision to bar Sapphire during the World Cup stung her rider, McLain Ward, who has spent much of his career trying to escape the shadow of his family’s past.   nytimes.com   2010-04-21 For Some Birds, It’s Not Always the Same Old Song Researchers found that while the songs of some species change almost completely over the years, others hardly differ.   nytimes.com   2010-04-20 F.D.A. Seeks Injunction The United States Food and Drug Administration wants a Florida pharmacy to stop making animal drugs after it mixed a brew of supplements that killed 21 elite polo horses as they prepared for a championship match last year   nytimes.com   2010-04-20 Kenya: Pig Farmers Are Focus of Effort to Stop Spread of Parasite That Causes Epilepsy A new program teaches farmers to tether or confine their pigs to keep them away from human waste.   nytimes.com   2010-04-20 Stalking a Saltwater Trophy in Belize Permit are widely considered the holy grail of light-tackle sport fish in the Caribbean.   nytimes.com   2010-04-18 For Giddyup, Give a Horse a Holiday London horses frolic at the beach, Vienna’s fancy prancers at a farm. And New York’s carriage fleet?   travel.nytimes.com   2010-04-18 Cows on Drugs When antibiotics are given to livestock to help them grow and avoid infections on crowded farms, people face a greater threat from drug-resistant bacteria.   nytimes.com   2010-04-18 Florida: A Bad Winter for Slithering The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says cold weather is believed to have killed up to 50 percent of the state’s pythons.   nytimes.com   2010-04-17 Carriage-Horse Vote The City Council approved a measure to raise fares and improve some conditions for horses.   nytimes.com   2010-04-15 Every (Wild) Dog Has Its Day A lesson in do-gooder marketing to save an endangered species in the African bush.   nytimes.com   2010-04-15 Rare Bird, Alive and Well and Living in Colombia A researcher takes the first photograph ever of the rare Santa Marta sabrewing on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.   nytimes.com   2010-04-14 A New Lizard? Well, New to Science A lizard found on Luzon island in the Philippines is gray and 6 feet long, with a spectacular pattern of colorful dots and other markings on its scales.   nytimes.com   2010-04-14 Farming Fish Why do ecologists seem to give the nod to farmed catfish and tilapia but not salmon?   nytimes.com   2010-04-14 Long Recovery for Barrier Reef It could take up to 20 years for a section of the Great Barrier Reef to regrow after the damage done by a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground and leaked oil, an Australian government scientist said.   nytimes.com   2010-04-14 From ‘Life of Pi’ Author, Stuffed-Animal Allegory About Holocaust Yann Martel’s misconceived and offensive new novel parses the tragic fate of its title characters, two animals in a taxidermy shop, “through the tragic fate of Jews.”   nytimes.com   2010-04-14 Giant Lizard Is Discovered in the Philippines Researchers have concluded that a giant, golden-spotted monitor lizard discovered in the forested mountains of the Philippines six years ago is a new species.   nytimes.com   2010-04-10 The Texas Border Draws Frequent Fliers The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is reputedly one of the best places for bird-watching in the country.   travel.nytimes.com   2010-04-10 Giant Lizard Discovered in the Philippines is New Species Researchers have concluded that a giant, golden-spotted monitor lizard discovered in the forested mountains of the Philippines six years ago is a new species.   nytimes.com   2010-04-09 Even Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers Researchers are on the hunt for what makes an animal an individual.   nytimes.com   2010-04-06

pet news From a Songbird, New Insights Into the Brain Researchers have decoded the genome of the zebra finch, whose males learn a single love song from their fathers that they repeat through life.   nytimes.com   2010-04-06 Can Animals Be Gay? The science of same-sex pairings in the wild.   nytimes.com   2010-04-03 Through Cage Bars, an Exotic Peek Into Drug Wars A menagerie of hundreds of animals rescued largely from drug traffickers and paramilitary warlords have been given a haven by an animal-rights advocate.   nytimes.com   2010-03-31 What Lies Beneath Philip Hoare haunts whaling destinations in a quest to understand the whale, the cosmos, “Moby-Dick” and himself.   nytimes.com   2010-03-27 Equestrian Vaulting Gains Fans in the Northeast Horse vaulting, essentially gymnastics on horseback, is gaining more attention on the East Coast.   nytimes.com   2010-03-26 Equestrian Vaulting Gains Fans in the Northeast Horse vaulting, essentially gymnastics on horseback, is gaining more attention on the East Coast.   travel.nytimes.com   2010-03-26 U.N. Group Rejects Shark Protections Delegates to a U.N. conference on endangered species rejected all but one of four proposals to protect sharks, handing another victory to Japan and China.   nytimes.com   2010-03-24 After Mating, Male Pipefish Get Choosy A study shows that male pipefish will provide resources to or withhold them from developing embryos based on the female’s attractiveness.   nytimes.com   2010-03-23 For Extinct Monsters of the Deep, a Little Respect Marine reptiles long played second fiddle to their more famous cousins, the dinosaurs.   nytimes.com   2010-03-23 Artists Mine Scientific Clues to Paint Intricate Portraits of the Past Illustrators separated from their subjects by thousands, if not millions, of years have tried to bridge the gap between reality and image.   nytimes.com   2010-03-23 Group Rejects Tanzanian Bid for One-Off Ivory Sale A U.N.-backed group rejected a bid by Tanzania to ease a ban on ivory sales to sell off some 90 tons of stocks.   nytimes.com   2010-03-22 California: Review Backs Water Limits The National Academy of Sciences said that the rationale behind a decision to protect the endangered smelt, a tiny fish, was sound.   nytimes.com   2010-03-21 The Fishing Lobby Wins Again The rejection of a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, which is spiraling toward extinction, was largely the result of lobbying by Japan.   nytimes.com   2010-03-21 California Tribe Hopes to Woo Salmon Home A trek to New Zealand by the Winnemem Wintu tribe centers on an apology to the Chinook salmon.   nytimes.com   2010-03-21 U.N. Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Delegates at a conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, rejected the U.S.-backed measures.   nytimes.com   2010-03-19 Out of the Darkness An early-morning drive across the plains of Wyoming brings some visual surprises.   nytimes.com   2010-03-19 Animal Abuse as Clue to Additional Cruelties Cruelty toward animals can often be a warning sign for other types of violence and neglect, so more states are keeping closer track.   nytimes.com   2010-03-19 The Mind of a Cat Could Be ‘Feline Groovy’ A new campaign from Friskies presents cats as possessing the most fertile imaginations this side of a Silicon Valley idea incubator or a Madison Avenue brainstorming session.   nytimes.com   2010-03-15 Taking Walks on the Wild Side Janet Kessler, a self-taught naturalist, leaves her cozy cottage before dawn several days a week and walks to parks and other open spaces in hope of spotting wildlife.   nytimes.com   2010-03-14 Climate Change Adds to Bird Stress Changes in the global climate are imposing stress on hundreds of species of migratory birds that are already threatened by other environmental factors.   nytimes.com   2010-03-13 Geese Force Jets to Land Bird strikes forced emergency landings of two passenger planes this week, aviation officials said.   nytimes.com   2010-03-13 The Skyline, Where Eagles Roam Bald eagles have made a comeback in New York State. They can even be seen in the city — but they’re just visiting. They choose to nest elsewhere.   nytimes.com   2010-03-13 Imitation of Life A journalist’s adventures in the world of taxidermy, where she observes the art of incising, skinning, sculpturing and reassembling.   nytimes.com   2010-03-13