State Trooper Adopts The Injured Dog He Went Above And Beyond To Save

4 days ago | iHeart Dogs

The Memphis sun shined bright on the Birthplace of Rock N' Roll this month, with temperatures reaching well into the eighties. Extreme temperatures like this can be dangerous...
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United States Shelters Fill Up With Beagles From Testing Facilities

4 days ago | iHeart Dogs

In a matter of days, several humane societies across the United States received a large transport of Beagles from a testing facility. The Beagles were bred specifically for...
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Wild Leopard Attacks Tiny Puppy On Security Cam, Mom Comes To The Rescue

6 days ago | iHeart Dogs

In an incredible video of a fearless rescue, a female momma dog defended her pups from a Leopard on the India estate. The leopard was after the mother's helpless puppy. That...
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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

7 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Skukuza is the largest camp and the administrative center of Kruger Park. Inside the camps, you are allowed to walk around freely - outside, this privilege is reserved for the...
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Rescue Puppy Falls In Love With Her Cheetah Cub Companion

11 days ago | iHeart Dogs

Most female cheetahs give birth to three or four cubs. But sadly, if they only have one cub, they don't produce enough milk for the young feline to survive. So, zoos and animal...
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Adorable Shelter Pup Does A Happy Dance When Told She's Getting Adopted

19 days ago | iHeart Dogs

The Wayne County Humane Society in Wooster, Ohio, has dedicated itself to finding families for homeless shelter pets since 1973. A non-profit, no-kill shelter with impressive...
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Revenge Birding

25 days ago | 10,000 Birds

With the lockdown lasting until the end of May (ironically thus pretty much including the whole spring migration - the divine sense of humor is a rather malign one, I am...
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Choose the Pet for Your Pet Carefully

1 month ago | Cats International

If you have an adult female who has been an “only” cat for some time, it is best to get a younger female. Males, even friendly ones, can over-power and frighten females. Male...
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Breeder Dumps Husky At Shelter Because Of “Weird Eyes” And Can't Sell Her

1 month ago | iHeart Dogs

When Jubilee the Siberian Husky was born, she didn't look much like her other siblings. Her breeder thought that Jubilee's eyes were abnormal and chose not to keep her. The...
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9 Reasons Why Male & Female Dogs Hump, Even If They've Been “Fixed”

1 month ago | iHeart Dogs

For us humans, it's not exactly socially acceptable to go up to an acquaintance - or even an old friend, for that matter - and start humping them. Nor is it appropriate to go...
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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

To be precise, “Birding Shanghai from June 10 to June 30, 2022” - but that is even less of an exciting title than the one above. The reason for this post only covering the... Read more ...

Canine reference genome accuracy impacts variant calling: Lessons learned...

Abstract Deficient homozygosity of a variant maintained in a population suggests that the variant may be embryonic lethal. We examined whole genome sequence data from 675... Read more ...

White-gaped Honeyeaters

The White-gaped Honeyeater - Stomiopera unicolor is common around Broome, but you find them mostly alone and not with others of the same species. They are generally a vocal... Read more ...

Aramus the Limpkin

As it walks in its marshy habitat, its ungainly stride makes it look as if the bird is limping, hence the common name of Limpkin. Aramus , the genus name, comes from the Greek... Read more ...