Pets & Animals

Highly trained dogs, like Cruiser, are extremely effective weapons against the dreaded bedbugs that are becoming all too common in places like Manhattan (Photo: Chad Batka, The New York Times) The noses have it. Yesterday, I blogged about bomb-sniffing dogs. Today, it’s bedbug-sniffing dogs. Both are heroic to humans. While bomb sniffers save lives, bedbug [...]

Peggy, a guinea pig, poses for a picture after having its hair brushed and styled at PetZoo, a beauty parlor for pets in Cuenca, Ecuador. Original post: A pretty guinea pig

This Navy photo shows one of the Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. dogs soon after the military picked up the animals in October. Internal Navy e-mails say the photo was taken after the dog had been cleaned and groomed and after it had gained some weight. (Caption: Virginian-Pilot; Photo: US Navy) The Navy is blaming [...]

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says a white fungus linked to a fatal bat disease apparently has been found for the first time in Maryland. See original here: Bat Disease Found In Western Maryland Cave

An insect invader not much bigger than a penny is costing billions of dollars in lost trees. It’s in two Maryland counties, and now the hunt is on to see if it’s spreading. Search Is On For Invasive Insect In Md.