“I gave Prozac to rescue dog”. These are the words in The Times newspaper today and they were said by Rory Cellan-Jones, a former BBC technology correspondent, 66. He and his wife Diane struggled for more than a year to settle-in his female Romanian rescue …
A recent study conducted by researchers at Northeastern University, including Rébecca Kleinberger and undergraduate Megan McMahon, has shown that parrots can indeed benefit from playing tablet games. The study involved a group of 20 pet birds, ranging from small species like green-cheeked parakeets to the …
Dogsplay is a media center in which dogs can watch television, look at photographs, listen to music and even keep in touch with their owner/caregiver through a conferencing system. It is the creation of a South Korean company. They have a website which you can …
This is an interesting development. It is one which demonstrates the intrusion of social media into the “natural world” (Ha ha). We know how people can be addicted to social media videos and postings. It’s so bad that it is affecting the streaming services like …
I have generalised in the title but I want to make the point that the adult humans of this planet through their carelessness and lack of foresight have led children down the path of global warming which is making them depressed. It is the children …
‘Cetacean stranding’ is the technical term for beached whales and dolphins. They normally die because of dehydration or collapsing under their own weight and they might end up drowning when high tide covers their blowholes. There have been several theories as to the cause. If …
If you believe that ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) is genuine and some people don’t, a University of Helsinki research study found that young male dogs are more likely to suffer from this condition than other dogs. This is in line with humans. Domestic dogs can …
A study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B tells us that strong social bonds extends the lifespan of baboons. It applies to both males and females although it is easier to assess the effect on females because the males disappear …
Lancashire Farm Dairies hosted a yoga class in a field with cows. The idea was that participants should enjoy the surroundings of nature and share their class with cows. The cow is a sacred animal to Hindus. The president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, …
