[ad_1] Who doesn’t remember asking or being asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” For kids who love animals, the answers might be veterinarian or veterinary nurse, horse or dog trainer, K-9 handler or pet groomer. Whatever their dreams, play is the first step toward making them reality. Educational philosophers from […]
Roswell animal shelter shut down to determine why animals are ill | Local News
[ad_1] Roswell Animal Services has stopped accepting new animals from the public because of an “unusually high presence of upper respiratory infections,” the city and Best Friends Animal Society announced in a press release. The Fur-Ever Friends Fair, an animal adoption event planned for this past Saturday at Melendez Park, was canceled as well. Also […]
Mercer County Animal Shelter still in code red situation | News
[ad_1] PRINCETON – A kitten found abandoned on a home’s front porch and a stray dog that was found along a local roadway are among the many dogs and cats that keep straining the capacity at the Mercer County Animal Shelter. The shelter’s personnel were busy Thursday as the cared for they many dogs and […]
Lecturer in Large Animal Molecular Biology job with THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA
[ad_1] Full-time, 4-year, fixed term role, based at the Callaghan Campus Academic Level B Use your passion for large molecular biology to enhance our student’s experience, and shape the future of animal biology research School of Environmental and Life Sciences | Level B | Full Time | 4-year Fixed Term | […]
Letter: Our animal friends need your help now | Letters to Editor
[ad_1] The Oct. 5 front page of The Sun tells of Rhode Island’s school food waste reduction plan and the federal electric fleet conversion delays, which will indirectly help animals but may be too subtle for the Page 3 stare-down squirrel to understand. Just about anything that helps people in nature helps animals too, since […]
Gas Drilling Is Disrupting Animal Migration
[ad_1] In general, it’s surprising how little ecologists know about why large animals choose their migration paths. The motivations for moving are obvious, and include things like food, water, and a safe place to raise young. But how herds or animals learn their routes is a major debate. Evolution plays some role. There are signs […]
Animal Hybrids: How Interbreeding is Making the Animal Gene Pool More Diverse
[ad_1] Animals from various lineages frequently reproduce in nature, which may help explain some of the evolution’s riddles. Erica Larson, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Denver, claims that interbreeding across disparate lineages is the genetic cause of a hybrid species. (Photo : Image from Hkandy under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation […]