Pets, Animals & Social Media by Ron Callari

If you are a bird hobbyist or animal advocate, you are probably aware of the 'Great Backyard Bird Count that recently took place February 12-15, 2021.

A good number of pets in India were separated from their owners by the pandemic.

I thought I'd conduct some research to learn whether or not pets, in general, are binge-watchers?

This is a tale of bird tales. The theme of 'bird visitations' is common in literature. Jasper Doest's and Edgar Allan Poe have that in common.

Crowds vanished, opening cities, resorts, villages, and area attractions, allowing animals to take over our vacant space.

Holiday events have changed markedly since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the land. Outdoor entertainment has been sorely missed throughout the U.S.

Zoom allows members to communicate in mass (even beyond Skype's capabilities) . . . and opened the door for Zoomers to invite some real animals along for the ride.

Fripp Island — a barrier island at the southern border of South Carolina — sustains an ongoing deer population issue that some view as contrary to the island's position as a 'wildlife sanctuary.'

Zoom has built a phenomenal organization during a time when many small businesses are losing top-line revenues faster than a barefoot jackrabbit on a hot greasy griddle in the middle of August.

Animals react to the Earth's magnetic field. Researchers commenced a new study to unravel the magnetic sensitivity that affects some of animals we share this planet with.

Character actor Fred Willard is remembered in a number of mockumentaries, the most telling of which was the Best in Show.

This bird is also known as the black-throated tit [and yes you read that night] is a very small passerine, or perching bird in the family Aegithalidae.

Like Hamlet, the Calamintha Bee might have wondered whether or not it will survive [to be] or die from extinction [not to be].

Jeffrey Condon, camp manager of the Greystroke Mahale safari camp in Tanzania is good at what he does. So good . . . one of the animals under his charge could not get enough of him.

As you celebrate your Mother on Mother's Day, there are a few other mothers you might want to make a toast to as well. They are considered the best 'Mother Animals" on the planet, according to One Green Planet.

It's a little bit of circular logic, but logic nonetheless that might be able to treat humans of the disease Covid-19 that swept the globe.

While we shelter in place and keep up our six feet of social distancing, it appears our isolation gives fuel to our imagination to soften the blow in times of crisis.

Little did they know, when The Box Tops wrote the "The Letter" in 1967 that those iconic lyrics could apply to a Green Turtle in the year 2020.

They are both long words that sound alike. They both are involved in scientific fields. One researches "insects & arthropods," while the other focuses on "disease and viruses."

Giant Asian Hornets, with body lengths up to 2 inches has a cartoonish mask face featuring ironic teardrop eyes like Spider-Man.

Unfortunately, when a movie has flawed expectations regarding a box office $ucce$$, it needs to do double-time after the fact to get a decent return on investment (ROI).

Are animals susceptible to the Coronavirus? The answer to that question is an ever-changing news story.

As a Friends of Hunting Island (FOHI) volunteer for the last 3 years, I've had the pleasure to join the ranks of sea turtle conservation volunteers who preserve one of the most threatened creatures on the planet.

There are two businesses that the Covid-19 pandemic put on the map. If you're working for a small or large business or organization, you are probably very familiar with one of them.

This unique photographer spent 117 hours as thermometers fell as low as -58 degrees Fahrenheit, and the winds howled at a cruel 43 miles per hour.