Blog Mediterranean Diet Eating more of these foods can reduce dementia risk, even with a family history A new study finds the Mediterranean diet — known for including a way array of accessible and delicious foods, like fish, whole grains, veggies and legumes — can lower the risk of dementia for people who have a family history of […]
Animals Top US Dog Breed French bulldog ousts Labrador retriever to become top US dog breed Story at a glance Labrador retrievers had been the most prevalent purebred dog in the U.S. for a record 31 years, according to the American Kennel Club. The club announced Wednesday that the French bulldog was the nation’s most popular purebred dog last year. […]
Animals Big Cat High on Cocaine Ohio authorities find big cat high on cocaine, attribute interest to popular ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie The serval did not have to go through detox, but it was given some meds before being transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Hamilton County, Ohio dog wardens retrieved an exotic cat resembling a leopard from a tree […]
Animals Chinook Salmon Season Canceled The recreational and commercial salmon fishing season has been canceled along the coasts of Oregon and California, through the middle of May, due to dwindling numbers of Chinook salmon in the states’ largest rivers following years of drought. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries announced the in-season action to protect the Klamath River fall-run […]
Animals PETA Asks Pentagon to Cease Animal Testing PETA asks Pentagon to cease animal testing related to ‘Havana syndrome’ The animal rights group PETA sent a letter to the Pentagon on Monday, demanding that they cease testing on live animals in their quest to understand the mysterious ailments known as “Havana syndrome.” Havana syndrome was first reported in 2016 by diplomats working at […]
Animals H5N1 in Bald Eagles Bird flu is killing bald eagles at an ‘alarming rate,’ researchers say Bald eagle nest failures and deaths are piling up at an “alarming rate” as a result of the highly infectious avian influenza, University of Georgia researchers announced this week. The avian influenza strain known as H5N1 is killing an unprecedented number of mating […]
Animals Dogs of Chernobyl Can the dogs of Chernobyl teach us new tricks on survival? Scientists are studying hundreds of dogs at the Chernobyl disaster site that have managed to survive in extremely harsh conditions More than 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the dogs of Chernobyl roam among decaying, abandoned buildings in and around the closed […]
Animals Whales Use a Sound Similar to Kim Kardashian’s ‘Vocal Fry’ Whales use a sound similar to Kim Kardashian’s ‘vocal fry’ to hunt deep sea prey, say scientists Toothed whales can use vocal registers like humans to communicate and hunt. Like Kim Kardashian, whales have a “vocal fry” which can be used to find prey in deep sea. At that depth, the whales’ lungs collapse, so […]
Animals Bison Restoration US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of […]
Animals Men Hunted and Killed a Bald Eagle Two Men Hunted and Killed a Bald Eagle in Nebraska, Sheriff Says They had been hunting on private property when deputies found the men and asked them to show their kill, the sheriff said. Inside their trunk was the bald eagle. Two men were charged with misdemeanors on Wednesday after they entered a private property […]