animals

We're exploring how Renaissance musicians captured the sounds of animals in their music as we take a trip through a musical zoo. Along the way, we’ll hear the beautiful calls of the Nightingale, see the mighty crocodile, and hear a choir of all the animals singing together.

Care farms are a popular concept in Europe that hasn’t gained as much traction in the United States yet. But a new national network hopes to change that.

The group is suggesting the ban in conjunction with other recommended changes to the local code.

Since 2014, members have used Bloomington Indiana Lost and Found Pets to reunite animals and their owners. The group has over 22,000 members, slightly more than a quarter of the size of Bloomington.

The regulation is meant to outlaw roadside zoos and big cat breeding operations where tiger cubs are routinely discarded once they’re too large to interact with visitors.

Cooperation and mutual aid can help animals survive and reproduce, and in these circumstances evolution can promote helpful and unselfish behavior. A study by American researchers published in 2020 shows that domestic dogs really will rescue their owners even when they haven't been trained to do it for a reward.

We hear from Battle Ground, Indiana's Wolf Park about what to expect from upcoming events and what's new this summer.

When Carina was born in fall of 2017, zoo staff noticed that her mother was near her in the same area, but something was off.

The phenomenon that began in Taiwan and Japan has made its way to Indiana in a few locations. One café's co-owner tells us how combining cats and coffee has led to new homes for hundreds of local animals.