British Pelican

RJ Matson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jun 9, 2010 Dig deeper

The War Against the Horse

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig May 4, 2010 It is a sad fact of American life that horse killing is not an anomaly. In fact, such episodes have been playing out across our land for decades. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Study Says Fido’s Family Tree Has Arabian Roots

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 A research team out of UCLA thinks it may have traced the pedigree of domesticated dogs back to their earliest origins, and the paw prints apparently lead to the general vicinity of the Middle East, instead of the East Asian region they'd previously targeted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Serial Killer Whale?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 A marine conservationist from the American Museum of Natural History says of the SeaWorld orca that killed its trainer, "This was not an insane, uncontrollable act This was premeditated and the whale, for whatever whale reasons, the whale did this intentionally". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Couple Stranded for 3 Days After GPS Misguides Them Into Wilderness

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 John and Starry Bush-Rhoads of Reno, Nev., made the biggest little blunder. Their GPS apparently directed the Rhoadses off the road they wanted to be on and into the Oregonian wilderness, where they were stuck for three days. Thanks to a more loyal GPS chip in one of their cell phones, they were eventually rescued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Gay Animals Edition

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2009 Today on the list: the power of same-sex liaisons, poetry in the Bible and more. Update Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kitten of the Sea

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2009 The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently announced that they've gone insane. Of course, that isn't exactly how they worded it. What they say on their Web site, www.peta.org, is that from now on we should all refer to fish as "sea kittens." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Power of Invisibility, Brought to You by the U.S. Military

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2008 The infiltration of American universities by the military is nothing new, but this is: Scientists at UC Berkeley are zeroing in on a way to render people and inanimate objects -- which could include weapons and combat vehicles -- invisible. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: Scientists Taking Brain-Boosting Drugs

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 Call them the steroids of the scientific set: A British journal found that drugs like Ritalin and Provigil are popular among some scientists, mostly under 35, to enhance focus and ward off fatigue. A full 80 percent of the 1,258 respondents in the Nature survey believed "healthy humans" had the right to use performance-boosting drugs to give them an edge in their work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Indonesian Earthquake Kills 70

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2007 The Indonesian island of Sumatra was slammed by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, followed shortly by a 6.0 aftershock. The event was felt in Malaysia and Singapore, hundreds of miles away. Authorities were scrambling to cope with downed communication lines, overwhelmed hospitals and shattered buildings. A government official put the death toll at 70 so far. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )