Bird flu is a real threat. Here is a way to lower it.
If the last two years are any indication, bird flu isn't just for birds. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known…
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A 26 kilo rabbit is rescued on a Santa Cruz highway
In the dead of night, a construction crew working along a Santa Cruz highway this week discovered a large rabbit…
Do our dogs and cats go undetected by bird flu?
Some epidemiologists, food safety experts and veterinarians are concerned that pets could be a potential springboard for H5N1 bird flu…
Editorial: Walmart has not stopped suppliers from caging pregnant sows
For most pregnant sows on large U.S. factory farms, every four months of gestation takes place in a tiny cage.…
Baby cougar roaming Thousand Oaks? The authorities say: it's a cat.
Neighbors along the Los Padres Trail in Ventura County were convinced they saw a baby cougar on their security cameras…
A bear named 'Oreo' takes the homonymous cookies from his home in Monrovia
Whether bears, coyotes or mountain lions, in many of Los Angeles's foothill communities there is a sense that something wild…
An attempt to bring wolverines back to California fails
Those who want wolverines reintroduced to California suffered a setback this week. Proposed legislation to explore what it would take…
T. Rex was not as intelligent as primates, according to a new study
In December 2022, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel published a paper which caused a big stir in the world of…
The director of 'My Octopus Teacher' takes a cold dip to reconnect with nature in 'Amphibious Soul'
Book Review Amphibian soul: finding the wild in a tame world By Craig Foster HarperOne: 320 pages, $30If you buy…
Opinion: Republican women try to answer the question: Who is the most sexist?
Kill wolves from helicopters? Castrate pigs? Shoot Prius with assault weapons? Kill misbehaving puppies? Is this what it takes for…