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We adopted kittens Webster and Lucinda (not biological siblings, but fostered together) in August: he was about 4 months old and she was...

We adopted Darnarian from the MSPCA back in December, 2006 (see his welcome post ). He had a wonderful life with us, but he recently devel...

I was thrilled to go on a behind the scenes tour of Durham's fabulous Museum of Life and Science at last week's ScienceOnline confer...

Fascinating research shows that rooks, members of the corvid family like crows, can use tools to enhance their access to food. In this case...

Here are a few of my recent favorite things, for your Thanksgiving (U.S.) browsing pleasure: Bora posts a great article on  New and Exciting...

One of my colleagues at the University of Wisconsin has worked on an impressive database called PrimateLit . This database provides bibliog...

My first post on Feline Diabetes & Diet is still getting hits in Google searches, so I wanted to update what I've since learned abo...

In which we revisit some earlier posts and see what's new. This is partly because now that classes are over, I have time to catch up on...

I found some wonderful cat videos @ Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine which provide details on how to care for your ailing ...

YouTube says: "Two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats." In this case, three cats. T...

Have you seen PloS? The Public Library of Science "is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the w...

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please also read my May 2008 post More About Feline Diabetes & Diet ScienceDaily reports on a new study from Robert Backus , a Univers...

I‘m in Milwaukee for a conference (about which probably more later), and was happy to have the local newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal Sentin...

Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Scienc...

Fascinating article in the New Scientist about potential theory of mind in members of the crow family. Theory of mind ( wikipedia ), as yo...

Just as language has been tied to the growth of agriculture (see British & Irish genes: not that far apart , in which I discuss how the...

Interesting article at New Scientist about whether or not animals have emotions. Marc Bekoff , professor of biology at the University of C...

There's been lots of research indicating that the left and right sides of human brains serve different functions. Turns out that birds,...

I don't usually like cute cat photos, but there is an interesting Internet meme going around about krazy kaptions of kat photos. I firs...