Good News for Wild Horses — but There’s Still Work to Do! — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Update from RTF By a vote of 92-6, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday handed a win to wild and domestic horses by approving a Fiscal Year 2019 “mini-bus” appropriations package that included protective language for wild horses and burros as well as an anti-slaughter provision. Our work is far from over, however. That’s because the […] …

How Wild Predators can Benefit Humans — The Jaguar

I recently found a fascinating article on Cool Green Science byJustine E. Hausheer. It covers an important topic: how wild predators can benefit humans. For centuries, many human cultures around the world have demonized predators. This intolerance often results in direct persecution. From the earliest days of the United States, for example, predators such as …

A bird’s eye view: Songbirds perceive colour like humans

Faced with a glorious spectrum of colour, songbirds, just like humans, look for the big picture. "Faced with a glorious spectrum of colour, songbirds, just like humans, look for the big picture. They can lump nearby hues in the colour spectrum into categories, such as shades that are generally red, or generally orange. A study now …

This Deer Just Trying to Stay Cool Did Some Laps in a Pool — TIME

Look, we’re all going through it with the summer heat wave. All of us: adults, children, dogs… deer. That’s certainly the case for one New Jersey woodland creature who decided to take a dip in a residential pool earlier this week, just chilling amongst the pool floaties in an apparent attempt to beat the all-consuming… via …