Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Cats Andreas-photography, Flickr The eyes of cats and dogs are quite similar to our own, but how are they different? The cat has the largest eyes of any meat eater; if our own eyes were proportionally the same, human eyes would be eight inches across. But it goes beyond [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Meet the Breeds Golden Retrievers are some of the most popular dogs in the country, according to the American Kennel Club, but even longtime fans of the dogs don’t necessarily know all about golden’s breeding and history. We asked dog breeder and trainer Chris Miele of Cross Creek Goldens, [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Exotic Pets, Pets News Sheba, a lion cub, cuddles up with caracal kittens Jack and Jill. Photo: Miller and Maclean / Splash News Does it get any cuter than a picture of furry babies from different species showing each other some love? Actually, it does. The story of how this [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs craigallyn, Flickr From chihuahuas to bulldogs to giant Great Danes, dogs come in a dizzying assortment of shapes and sizes. That makes them all too perfect for scientists who study how genes work. In a recent essay in the scientific journal PLoS Biology, researchers from the National Human Genome [...]