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A Field Guide to ALL of the Carnivores! (Almost)
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2011 Why would you want a field guide to all of the carninvores? They live everywhere, so there is no reason to carry around a field identification guide with ALL of them unless you were going everywhere in the whole world on one trip! Yet, there is such a field guide, Carnivores of the World, and…
Cats vs Dogs
Posted by Greg Laden on October 29, 2010 Hat tip: Todd.
We Walk Among Ducks in Wolves Clothing. And Wolves.
Posted by Greg Laden on August 20, 2010 This is the most challenging time of year for duck watching. But it may be easier than one thinks to bump into a wolf in the forest.
How geology affects your dog’s demeanor and the view from your back yard
Posted by Greg Laden on July 5, 2010 Does your back yard slope up, away from your house, or does it slope down? The likelihood that your yard slopes one way or the other … statistically … depends in large part on what region you live in. (Here I’ll be speaking mainly of the US, but the principle applies broadly.) If you live…
Physics, To A Dog (A poem)
Posted by Greg Laden on June 22, 2009 To a dog, a balloon is a rock that floats. To a dog, a lever is a perch for stoats. To a dog, particle decay1 is not about nooks To a dog, gravity is just another way to puke. To a dog, a quantum is a kibble To a dog, a quark is to nibble.…
Which is Better: Cats or Dogs?
Posted by Greg Laden on May 30, 2009 Katz: Dawg: OK, so the Dawg obvoiusly wins. Let’s give the katz one more chance:
The Corgi Dog Story
Posted by Greg Laden on May 9, 2009 Under the present circumstances, it is clear that I now have to tell my one Welsh Corgi story. This is about a corgi named Dillon.
Super Dog Saves Other Dog
Posted by Greg Laden on December 6, 2008 Hat tip: Ana the Blogless
My Friend Curly and the President Elect
Posted by Greg Laden on November 8, 2008 President Franklin D. Roosevelt had millions of stamps but only one dog. Obamadog. Barack Obama’s first serious mistake since the election. Many of you heard the question at President Elect Obama’s first news conference, which was mainly about the economy, regarding what kind of dog the girls would be getting as per a deal apparently…
“it is very difficult to prevent the attack of a wild rabid animal once in progress”
Posted by Greg Laden on November 6, 2008 Coming back to the research base camp, one day, in the Ituri Forest (DR Congo) the first thing I noticed was that our cat was quite dead and even stiff. Her neck had been broken by some sort of carnivore, but strangely, she was not eaten. A leopard or some other creature would have eaten…
Nellie McKay: “The Dog Song”
Posted by Greg Laden on September 7, 2008 Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly dog training
Posted by Greg Laden on September 6, 2008 Evolutionary Genetics of Canine Population Structure
Posted by Greg Laden on May 6, 2008 A recent study of dog genetics, published in PLoS, seeks to improve the quality of genetic research by better understanding the underlying patterns of genetic variation at the level of specific dog breeds.
Wolves, Coyotes, Pronghorns.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 12, 2008 The big, bad wolf could use a few friends. If western states remove the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species Act–a decision currently under debate–consequences could be grave. Wyoming and Idaho announced they would reduce their populations of approximately 300 and 700 wolves, respectively, by 50 percent and 80 percent. Amidst the debate,…
Wolves Among Us
Posted by Greg Laden on March 5, 2008 Several years ago, I had a conversation with a friend who at that time, like me, spent a lot of time in the Adirondacks in Update New York. This was in the 1970s. He had spent a week or so on cross country skis on the north slope (facing Canada) the previous winter. On his…
Nature News
Posted by Greg Laden on February 26, 2008 Hunting Wolves; Killing Elephants
Great Pyrenees and the Norwegian Brown Bear
Posted by Greg Laden on November 20, 2007 This is a photograph of three Great Pyrenees dogs harassing a brown bear in Northern Norway. This photograph was downloaded by me some time ago from a web site that seems to no longer exist. I’d love to know if anyone knows where this web site is now, or
, which is now available for the 
