By Jo Ingles | Reuters – 20 hrs ago COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Ohio legislation designed to clamp down on ownership of wild animals after the escape last year from a farm of dozens of dangerous beasts including lions, tigers and bears, is drawing criticism from private animal owners for being too tough and from animal rights [...]

Reuters – 45 mins ago LONDON (Reuters) – Once hovering on the brink of being classified as an endangered species, the humble five pound note is back with a vengeance. Britons are using 10 times more “fivers” than they were two years ago, the Bank of England said on Thursday, as the notes become more widely available [...]

Reuters – 34 mins ago LONDON (Reuters) – Once hovering on the brink of being classified as an endangered species, the humble five pound note is back with a vengeance. Britons are using 10 times more “fivers” than they were two years ago, the Bank of England said on Thursday, as the notes become more widely available [...]

Associated Press – 35 mins ago LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Kate were guests of honor at the U.K. premiere of Disneynature’s “African Cats” on Wednesday. Filmed in Kenya’s Masai Mara region from August 2008 to October 2010, “African Cats” follows a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs in the savanna. British [...]

By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com – 31 mins ago Want to trick a dog? It’s all in the body language, a new study finds. When given a choice between a big serving of food and a small one, dogs almost always go for the bigger option. But when a person makes a fuss over the small amount, [...]

By Larry Fine | Reuters – 24 mins ago (Reuters) – Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander is eager for his Opening Day assignment on Thursday, while video gamers were already in action with Wednesday’s launch of Major League Baseball 2K12′s $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge. Verlander, who was 24-5 last season for the American League Central Division [...]

By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com – Wed, Apr 4, 2012 Man and his best friend have something in common: Both get worn out by having to exert self-control and end up making dumb decisions, a new study finds. Dogs required to sit and stay for 10 minutes were more likely to approach a caged, aggressive dog than [...]

By Laura Zuckerman | Reuters – Sat, Mar 31, 2012 SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Photos of dead and maimed wolves have pervaded the Internet in recent weeks, raising tensions in the Northern Rocky Mountains over renewed hunting and trapping of the once federally protected animals. Escalating rancor between hunters and animal rights activists on social media and [...]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With sick and dead dolphins turning up along Louisiana‘s coast, federal regulators are curbing an oil and natural gas exploration company from using seismic equipment that sends out underwater pulses known to disturb marine mammals. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has told Global Geophysical Services Inc. to not conduct deep-penetration [...]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When you ‘like’ something on Facebook or read an online newspaper, perhaps a dozen or more companies are squirreling away data on your tastes, your habits, whether you’re male or female, old or young, gay or straight. They mean no harm. They just want to give you, the customer, exactly what you [...]