WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species,” citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. Some cat lovers ...

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries artists were fascinated by how the animal kingdom was classified. They were in some instances ahead of natural historians, a new article suggests. In the ...

The country that has brought the concept of “plant dignity” to the world has now extended “rights” to members of “social species.” animals. From the story: Under a new Swiss law enshrining rights for ...

Sea anemones may look like exotic underwater plants but have long been classified as predatory animals. Yet is seems that genetically they really are half animal and half plant as the creatures show a ...

American badgers are classified as furbearing animals in the state of Wyoming, so a valid furbearing animal hunting or trapping license is required to take badgers. Animals classified as furbearers in ...