Videos

One might ask why Google would devote a 4-day Valentine’s series of Doodles in 2017 for a species that is little known to the general populace? And why is Google software engineer Jordan Thomas telling us to “woo our pango-love with Google’s latest Doodle Game”?

By now, most folks know about therapy dogs assisting returning vets. There’s even a special day of acknowledgment. The first annual National Therapy Animal Day was introduced by the non-profit ‘Pet Partners’ on May 18, 2015. Of recent date, there are so many comfort dogs taking passenger seats on airplanes that controversy has arisen as to how many of these flying dogs are truly registered and trained comfort dogs?

Beavers are the most amazing creatures. Most people don't realize that these industrious animals are actually rodents. In fact they are the second-largest rodent in the world, right behind the capybara of South America. My brother Bud, who lives in Alberta, Canada, recently sent me this awesome video of a beaver family rebuilding their home near Calgary after a period of Chinook winds had warmed temperatures, which cause ice to melt and collapse, which wiped out their previous home.

Horses need exercise and play to relieve them from what equine veterinarians call 'stall stress.'  Here are 8 of the best boredom-relief horse toys you can buy!

Animals ending up on the field during a soccer match is not an unusual thing. However it is unusual for more than one kind of animal to show up on the field in a single game. Earlier this month in Mexico the teams from Pacheco and Jaguares were in the second half of a game when a dog pranced happily onto the field in Hidalgo Stadium. After his departure a cat later showed up to interrupt the game.

A fearless Florida man with no tolerance for wasps (but plenty of tolerance for pain) shows the world how to crush pesky wasp nests without being stung.

Estes Park, Colorado, is a small tourist town just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is a great place to stop and window shop and browse through the stores. In fact those stores are so inviting that on Saturday a large bull elk decided to do just that in a shop called the Water Wheel Gift Corner located on, of all things, Elkhorn Avenue.

I must admit to being happy that we don't have to go through this in the United States...