Walking the dog along the biggest of trails The Telegraph (blog) About 3,000 hikers annually attempt to “thru-hike” the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Only about one in four finish, and an almost infinitesimal number try to complete the 14-state trek with a dog. Some bring along their pets for “section ...
Long Island deploys bird armies to fight ticks Mother Nature Network (blog) "We wanted to find a way to deal with insects that carry diseases that could harm our residents and our pets in a way that would not, in fact, add toxins to the environment," she told Fox5. While the threat of ticks used to seem remote to most ...
Are Dogs Probiotic? Scientific American (blog) Archaeological records suggest we've been close with our pets for some time: About 10,000 years ago we started to co-habitate with cats drawn to the well-fed rodents scurrying around our farms. In ancient Egypt millions of pet dogs were buried in ...
