Elephant poaching is alive and well — and the elephants are not. A team of scientists examining seized shipments of elephant tusks from Africa have found that the vast majority of the ivory came from elephants that died within the last three years.
The sobering results, published in the Proceedings...
Bonobos can’t read. But if they could, they would need reading glasses when they hit middle age — just like us.
Scientists figured this out by spying on a colony of 14 wild bonobos living in a reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. When the primates groomed their companions, the younger members...
One way to emphasize the technical capabilities of workout wear is with an actual workout. And that’s exactly what was going on in a Culver City studio space Wednesday morning as Adidas and Stella McCartney launched the spring/summer 2017 collection, the latest under their long-running collaboration.
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Mention “animal rescues” and chances are, you’ll think of dogs, cats or even marine mammals — but not farm animals. Author Tracey Stewart, a former veterinary technician, and her spouse, former Daily Show host Jon, have become advocates for abused farm animals. To help Farm Sanctuary celebrate...
Walk into Banker Supply Co. in Echo Park and you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd just entered an exhibition space instead of a new bike store.
The “cycling lifestyle” boutique, as it's described by founder Nick Drombosky, opened for business last month in an 1,800-square-foot space with high...
Are you suffering from election stress disorder?
It seems like everyone I know has it. Last week my kindergartner woke up at 5 a.m. with nightmares about “two people running for president.” One friend wrote on Facebook that she is barely sleeping at all and now fills the pre-dawn hours canning...
It’s time to change the clocks on Sunday and get an "extra" hour of sleep. What could be wrong with that?
Well, it depends on whom you ask.
Dr. Alon Y. Avidan, the director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center, says the fall time switch is certainly easier on the body than when we lose an hour of...
