HBO Documents the Tragic Tale of Lucy, the Chimp Raised Like a Human
An experiment to see if nurture could overcome nature did not end well.
Animal Behavior
This Study, 'Rape Culture and Queer Performativity at Urban Dog Parks,' Is, Uh, Real (Update: Nope)*
"Because of my own situatedness as a human...I recognize my limitations in being able to determine when an incidence of dog humping qualifies as rape."
A History of Violence
Friday A/V Club: Aggression, from the dawn of life to the nuclear age
Need a Breather Before May Sweeps? Here, Have a Baby Elephant
Nature documentary highlights the rough childhoods of pachyderms.
How Human Are Monkeys?
Sunday night's National Geographic documentary shows warfare, lying.
This Utah Cop May Have Conceived the Worst Argument Yet for Pot Prohibition
Legalization will bring an epidemic of stoned bunnies, or something.
Moose Populations Dying Off
No one is quite sure why, but climate change fears are raised
Grizzly Bears Injure Two Hikers at Yellowstone
Attacked group that fortunately had bear repellant
Coyote Attacks Girl, 2, at Southern California Cemetery
Attacks on humans by the wild dogs are generally rare
India Declares Dolphins "Non-Human Persons" With Rights
Dolphin parks to be shut down.
Scientists Stumped on Mass Sea Lion Strandings
More than 1,000 have washed up on California's shores
Starving Sea Lions Continue Washing up on Calif. Shores
More than 1,000 taken in so far
Woman Abandons Dog Because It's Allegedly Gay
Too stupid to realize male dogs will try to hump anything
Supreme Court Takes on Drug-Sniffing Dogs
A cop with an accommodating canine can search whatever he wants.
SCOTUS Considers When Dogs Can Authorize Searches
Tomorrow the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two Florida cases that cast doubt on the routine use of drug-sniffing dogs to generate probable cause for searches.
It's Raining Cats and Dogs (and Chickens and Cows)
Do airborne animal parts suggest an emerging front in the War on Terror?
Chimp Attack Victim Wants to Sue Connecticut
Asking for $150 million due to agency's refusal to seize privately owned animal.