Martha Nussbaum is a very, very big deal, the kind of philosopher who, when she publishes a book, makes waves well beyond the ivory towers of academia. Her new volume, Justice for Animals, plunges into the animal welfare debate, billing itself as a “revolutionary new theory” in how we humans […]
Wild Animals
PRNP sequences of wild animals from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
RT-QuIC assays of rSheepPrP25-234, rpikaPrP23-230, and rHaPrP23-231 to four various rodent-adapted scrapie strains. (A) Hamster-tailored strain 263K. (B) Mouse-tailored strain 139A. (C) Mouse-tailored pressure ME7. (D) Mouse-adapted pressure S15. The dilutions of scrapie strains are demonstrated in the top rated of each and every graph. Neg Ctrl: damaging regulate of […]
parenting advice from Care and Feeding.
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear How to Do It, I have a 7-year old-daughter, “Kayla.” We live in a rural area, and our local school is bordered on three ends with empty fields. Kids can often […]
Hundreds of exotic predators roam Colorado plains at world’s largest wild animal sanctuary
Did you know that hundreds of exotic predators get in touch with northeastern Colorado household? The Wild Animal Sanctuary, which operates a few places in Colorado (in Springfield, Craig, and Keenesburg) and one in Texas, provides a dwelling to over 650 rescued animals, including lions, tigers, bears, wolves, leopards, and other […]
drought kills thousands of wild animals in Kenya
(Amboseli, Kenya – 12 January 2023) – Rain has returned to the Amboseli ecosystem, but it is far too very little, way too late for 1000’s of wildlife that have by now perished in Kenya’s worst drought in 40-years. Kenya’s so-called “short rains” year has also delivered under-regular rainfalls, building […]
COVID-19 is more widespread in animals than we thought
We think of COVID-19 as a human pandemic, but it’s much more than that. The virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV-2, can infect a wide and growing range of animals, both captive and wild. So far, the virus has been detected in more than a hundred domestic cats and dogs, […]