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Ex-Stockbroker Revitalizes Vet Care Options

2 months ago - Tue, Aug 18

Ex-Stockbroker Revitalizes Vet Care Options: Pets treated by Dr. Babette Gladstein are seeing a new kind of veterinary medicine where patients experience more comprehensive treatment with quicker recovery times from less invasive techniques like the use o… Read more

Comment(s): 95

Animal-Loving Engineer Pushes Medical Frontier

3 months ago - Wed, Jul 29

NEW YORK -- Specializing in biomedical implants Dr. Ola Harrysson has revolutionized limb replacement surgeries for animals and hopefully soon, humans. It's suffice to say that the associate professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Sy… Read more

Comment(s): 97

FDA: First Cancer Drug for Dogs Now Approved

5 months ago - Wed, Jun 3

NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration approved today the nation's first drug developed specifically for the treatment of canine cancer. Manufactured by Pfizer Animal Health Inc., based in New York City, the drug marketed as Pall… Read more

Comment(s): 150

Deadly Fungus Threatens to Wipe Out Frogs

5 months ago - Tue, May 12

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Comment(s): 88

Whistling Orangutan Amazes Scientists

6 months ago - Thu, May 7

Whistling Orangutan Amazes Scientists: A new talent has been discovered at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. An orangutan with a penchant for whistling has scientists, and visitors alike, marveling over the evolution of speech. WASHINGTON … Read more

Comment(s): 124

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World's First Transgenic Puppy Glows Red

6 months ago - Tue, Apr 28

NEW YORK -- The puppy looks like a normal, blissfully resting young dog -- that is, until the lights are turned off. Then she shines a fluorescent red glow, living up to her name, Ruppy -- short for Ruby Puppy. She's the world's first transge… Read more

Comment(s): 161

Dogs Understand More Than Chimps? Lab Finds

6 months ago - Sat, Apr 18

NEW YORK -- Get your dog's attention, and stand in between two plastic buckets. Point at one of the buckets, and if your dog moves toward the right one, reward it. Sounds simple enough, but chances are, if one tries this experiment on … Read more

Comment(s): 127

One-Flipper Sea Turtle Gets Swimsuit

6 months ago - Mon, Apr 13

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Allison, a green sea turtle with only one flipper, has been going around and around and around for most of her life. But swimming in tight circles is tough for a 5-year-old turtle whose life expectancy is a… Read more

Comment(s): 108

Zoos Showcase Animals' Love Lives On V-Day

8 months ago - Sat, Feb 14

There's love in the air this Valentine's Day, and it extends past human relationships, too. A host of various zoos across the country are putting on love-themed events tonight, showcasing the mating rituals of different wild animals. Some sweet talk is l… Read more

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Smokers Willing to Quit for Pets' Sake, Study Finds

8 months ago - Fri, Feb 13

NEW YORK -- Even if smokers are not willing to quit the cancer-inducing habit for their own health, they may be persuaded by their pets, according to a survey. Twenty-eight percent of cigarette-puffing pet owners said they would stop smoking … Read more

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