Everything You Did Not Know About Birds

Interesting scientific study findings about birds.

Calling All Dogs for Dog Aging Study

Call for participants for a first of its kind study on dog aging. In the first major longitudinal study involving dogs, scientists will study the factors surrounding dog aging. The Dog Aging Project will look at dogs from all breeds and mixes from across the nation.

Animal Abusing Veterinarian

Daniel Koller, a long time veterinarian practicing in Oregon (and previously California) has been seen abusing pets for many years–sometimes violently–leading in some cases to their deaths. But the dominant U.S. culture’s continued perception (and therefore U.S. laws and judicial system’s position) of pets as “property” has protected him and his egregious actions–for decades.

Dogs-Only Policy as Airlines Seek New Rules for Service Animals

The U.S. Transportation Department has announced plans to tighten rules around service animals on airplanes. The biggest change: only dogs could qualify as service animals allowed on-board.

Pet-Friendly Bathroom at Airport

Progress in Finland. Step up, U.S.

Animal Abuse Legislation: 2019 Year in Review

We look back on 21 new state laws that were enacted in 2019 that address The Link between animal abuse and domestic, child and elder abuse and other crimes, and list 45 new bills that have already been introduced in the young 2020 sessions.

Parrots: Not Just Smart, Also Selfless

A series of new experiments has demonstrated that in addition to cleverness, African grey parrots have social intelligence making them the ‘humans of the bird world’.

Can You Accurately Read Cat Facial Expressions? Maybe If You Are a Cat Whisperer

Cat facial expressions are notoriously difficult to read for many people–and a new study has scientifically demonstrated this fact. Researchers recruited more than 6,300 people from 85 countries and the results indicate that only 13 percent of participants accurately identified cat facial expressions.