Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states.
Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states.
A wary red-footed tortoise. In tortoises, neck extension is an indicator of relaxation; the farther the animal sticks its head out, the less anxious it is likely to be.
More than 70 cats and dogs were evacuated and 14 workers at an animal shelter in Montana were treated for smoke inhalation from incinerated methamphetamine.
More than 70 cats and dogs were evacuated and 14 workers at an animal shelter in Montana were treated for smoke inhalation from incinerated methamphetamine.
Outside the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, Mont., on Friday. Shelter staff members and animals were exposed to smoke from methamphetamine that the F.B.I. was burning in an incinerator.
A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.
A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.
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