Winter break has arrived in Westport Connecticut. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures parents may just want to head over to the Beardsley Zoo this week and enjoy the Cupid's Corner program for elementary aged children. Daily this week the Beardsley Zoo, which is located close to Westport Connecticut will be offering a 1 h

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Here are a few photos of some very cute lambs born on and around Valentine's Day (hence one of the lambs is named Valentino). There is also a photo of a new born lamb born yesterday. There are two black lambs and one white lamb and they are hanging out, knee deep in some freshly fallen snow. These lambs are bred primarily for

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Various cartoons about Animals. From my own cartoon blog. Why do they insist on 4 sentences. It's just some animal cartoons. Sheesh. Various cartoons about Animals. From my own cartoon blog. Why do they insist on 4 sentences. It's just some an

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It seems almost impossible, but 2 new species of whales have been discovered. This probably seems like a joke, but it definitely isn't!

The Dwarf Killer Whale and a new species of beaked whale were discovered recently - goes to show that we rea

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This article is about having to move with your pet. Giving up pets is difficult and you may find yourself in the predicament of having a landlord who doesn't allow pets. Sometimes, as in my case, there was the need to move quickly and there was no time to find a place that would allow my pet.Relinquishing a pet is a horrible ordeal. This art

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Not everyone in the US Army is pumping the terrorists full of lead in Iraq. Some of our soldiers are restoring a normal life to the human and animal members of Iraq by rebuilding the Baghdad Zoo. This is a story that isn’t widely known or reported on. There will be a movie about the zoo restoration that was actually started by an independent

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It is not enough just to know how to clean a mattress, it is also worth spending that extra little bit of time to maintain your mattress. We spend a hell of a lot of time in our beds so it is not surprising that without looking after them properly our mattresses can become dirty, soiled and smelly.

If you have a dirty mattre

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I’ve always been cautious about buying pet meds online because I don’t know where they come from. My vet has always warned me to not buy pet medications from online sources. The problem was, I just couldn’t afford paying vet prices for Pet meds like

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We are here to help the Earthling race. We realize some of you Homo sapiens are more evolved than others. Al Gore, the earthling who invented the Internet and brought global warming to your attention, is a more highly-evolved Homo sapien.

We offer green tips which will enable you to be green like us. Your species is not adv

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Companion animals can enrich our lives in an almost endless number of ways. Whether greeting us enthusiastically at the door, keeping us company on daily jogs or simply entertaining us with their play, sharing your life with a pet is a great way to increase the length and improve the quality of your life. As they are our bestf

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Why did the crow fall from the sky during the night, dead, waiting for me to discover it in dawn's first light? What did it mean? Such a beautiful creature, even in death! But why is there an image of another animal revealed within the crow's feathers? I saw it when I photographed the crow. Come and see the photos, maybe YOU will be abl

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The first in series of articles deal with snakes (and possibly other reptiles). We'll take a look at a variety of species and give a brief overview about them. In this "episode" we look at the commonly found Ball Python and get to know this incredible creature just a LITTLE better than we knew it before. Includes videos.

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Too often cats are dumped by the side of the road, left on remote locations or shoved into bags to be drowned by the nearby river. This is a fact for thousands of cats around the world regardless if you live in the suburbs of Iowa (if they have any…) or a 2-room apartment in Germany. It doesn’t matter, cats are put out as if th

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Ok, now picture what a shark looks like. We’ve seen hammerhead sharks, and, well, the normal, scary type of shark — the one with the fin raised on the center of its body. Not these sharks — these are the rarely-seen, not-so-ordinary, blink-and-it-attacks-you shark. It’s been 33 years since Steven Spielberg made us afraid of sh

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The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is a 700 acre urban wildlife refuge. The Sanctuary is open to the public year round and is a great place to take your kids. It was started in 1935 as a waterfowl rehabilitation site. It continues to receive over 3,000 injured, orphaned, and sick animals

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The wake-up call
A loud continuous MEEEOW followed by high pinched short meows to point out that “If you don’t get your ass out of that bed and feed me, I’ll take a dump on your sheets!” is for many a very common way of waking up in the morning. At least it is for me.

When you’ve successfully managed to ignore the whining f

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Think your neighbor's a mysterious work of nature?

Then you've probably never heard of the giant monster squid --- now that's miraculous. I’m pretty sure everyone’s heard of the colossal squid that’s been in the news lately, and, well, in the animal kingdom, like in Texas, bigger is better! Here’s the colossal squid an

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As slim as a spaghetti noodle and able to fit snugly on a U.S. quarter, a new species of snake has been found hiding out in a forest on Barbados. The reptilian runt is now the world's smallest snake.

Blair Hedges, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State, discovered the snake, which just under four inches (10 cm) in length a

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