Tag: Animal
Norfolk woman charged with animal cruelty
A Norfolk County woman is facing animal cruelty charges after an investigation led to the removal of almost 40 animals from a property in the Waterford area on Sunday. Norfolk…
Animals of science: this animal (almost) always makes the best decision
“Beasts of science” is like a collection of stories. Beautiful stories that tell the living in all its freshness. But also in all its complexity. A parenthesis to marvel at…
Cyril Dion, defender of biodiversity with “Animal”
What distinguishes humans from other mammals on Earth? Laughter, wrote Rabelais in the 16th century… The philosopher Descartes believed that this creature, the highest in the animal kingdom, had to…
Academics call for an end to animal testing in open letter
UTRECHT – The Netherlands must play a pioneering role in ending animal testing in biomedical science. More than twenty academics, including three scientists from Utrecht University, write this in an…
A journey of discovery behind the scenes of animal anatomy
Dog, cat, horse are animals that we all know. But do you know what hides behind their hair? In this series of illustrations, discover the anatomical particularities of the animals…
Animal squatters – It’s in your nature
Birds, insects, crustaceans… A brief overview of these animals which sometimes prefer to live with others, particularly followers of brood parasitism. Their song announces the spring. Arrived in France not…
Wolf filmer Cees van Kempen: the wolf is not a scary fairytale animal
Van Kempen: “I was working on a TV series about the return of the kingfisher, kestrel and beaver, when an ecologist friend kept on urging me: ‘A much larger animal…
Laboratory animals increasingly adopted: ‘I save two animal lives’
Thousands of animal experiments are carried out in Utrecht every year. Saskia Kliphuis is one of the researchers who works with laboratory animals, this time she needed hundreds of chickens.…
Can you have a wild animal at home?
Do you dream of adopting a monkey or a tiger? Be aware that in France, the keeping of wild animals is governed by the Environmental Code. Main objectives: to respect…
All about the great animal migrations in photos
Animal migration is an impressive phenomenon both in terms of its scale, as it can bring together several million individuals, and the complexity of the biological systems that trigger and…