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Animals

Blue Graffiti. The Bird Way.

Calahan Skogman – Blue Graffiti He is proud to be from a small town in middle-of-nowhere Midwestern America. And he wants you to know why. With his debut novel, Blue Graffiti, Calahan Skogman relishes in...

Neuroscientist-Professor’s new book chronicles his adventures buying a farm, developing a herd of cattle—and becoming friends with them

Dr. Gregory Berns, introduces his book called "Cowpuppy: An Unexpected Friendship and A Scientist’s Journey into The Secret World of Cows.”

Talking Animals: Curator of CatVideoFest Discusses His Filmmaking Career, Plus Watching and Selecting Cat Videos For A Living

Will Braden recalls what first drew him to film. he realized that he was intrigued by structure, echoing his fascination with puzzles. 

Pets: Two Perspectives

Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets – Carol Mithers Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the question: Who deserves...

Talking Animals: Filmmaker’s New Doc Explores The Realm of Animals and Animal Welfare, Yielding Some Surprising Results

Mark Devries is a documentary filmmaker who specializes in exploring the realm of animals. Devries discusses his new movie with us.

Talking Animals: Small But Mighty Rescue Helps Dogs—And People—Across Tampa Bay

Art Shaul—founder-director of Safe Paws Rescue, recalls growing up watching his Dad bring home ill animals, then making them family.

Talking Animals: Reid Oversees Array Of Education Programs At Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

Rebecca Reid is Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. She discusses the readily observable love for her job.

Talking Animals: Journalist Hammer Discusses Reporting The Complete, Colorful Story of Escobar’s Hippos in the New Issue of Smithsonian Magazine

A Journalist discusses the New Issue of Smithsonian Magazine entitled “Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos are Wreaking Havoc in the Columbian Jungle”

The Clearwater Thresher’s bat dog is retiring

Layla has been the bat dog for the Clearwater Threshers for six years and is now retiring.

A local animal shelter provides pet owners in need with resources for their animals

SPCA Tampa Bay recently launched a community impact initiative to provide pet owners with new resources to help care for their animals.
Sea turtle swimming in crystal blue water.

Florida Aquarium releases eight rehabilitated sea turtles into Atlantic

The Florida Aquarium released eight sea turtles into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday.  The juvenile green sea turtles spent the last three months in intensive care at the aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center in Apollo...

Florida steps up its rules on cattle imports because of disease spread

Florida has expanded rules blocking the importation of some cattle because of an avian influenza in dairy herds in other states.

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