You may have noticed your pooch gazing at the screen or seen pets on TikTok reacting to films. Here’s what science says – including what they like to watch

Guardian Book Blog

17.01.2025

Scottish government must do more to control salmon farming, inquiry finds | Scotland | The Guardian

Report criticises ‘slow progress’ on industry regulation, amid record fish mortality and concerns over welfare and environmental pollution

Guardian Book Blog

17.01.2025

Week in wildlife in pictures: chilly pelicans, a baby gorilla and a spider fan’s dream come true | Environment | The Guardian

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’ | Wildlife | The Guardian

Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

‘A kitten on heat with a racy physique’: the mystery of the bloodcurdling cat screech used in hundreds of movies | Film | The Guardian

From Babe to Pet Sematary to Toy Story, the same furious yowl crops up in film after film. So who was the cat and who made the recording? We solve the enigma of the ‘Wilhelm Miaow’

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

Country diary: Wind in the willows and much more besides | Birds | The Guardian

Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury: I have many memorable sightings of kingfishers, and this is one of my favourites, taken with a pint at a small window table

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

Five years, multiple deaths: what is happening at the home of the last captive whales in Canada? | Canada | The Guardian

Ontario’s Marineland lost five belugas last year, which the park’s management puts down to the ‘circle of life’. But activists claim animal welfare is at stake

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

The ‘convoy of incredible people’ saving animals from California’s infernal fires | California wildfires | The Guardian

As fires licked the Los Angeles landscape, a network of volunteers plunged into action to rescue pets and livestock

Guardian Book Blog

14.01.2025

Young gorilla rescued from Turkish Airlines cargo hold – video | Turkey | The Guardian

The five-month-old gorilla is recuperating at Polonezkoy Zoo in Turkey

Guardian Book Blog

14.01.2025

Alone No More review – touching shaggy dog tale about a stray mutt who rescues a lonely man | Film | The Guardian

Newly retired Kai is a miserable grump who lives alone, until he adopts Piggy, in this honest Hong Kong take on family dynamics and suicide

Guardian Book Blog

14.01.2025

Zebra killed after being impaled by rhino at Colchester zoo | Zoos | The Guardian

Rhino ‘unintentionally’ punctured zebra’s stomach in enclosure they shared, zoo says

Guardian Book Blog

14.01.2025

Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires | Wildlife | The Guardian

Australian mainland states permit killing of nearly 5 million annually as part of industry supplying meat and leather products

Guardian Book Blog

13.01.2025

Animal rescuers care for pets evacuated from California wildfires – video report | Animals | The Guardian

The animal resource centre Pasedena Humane has taken in over 400 animals displaced by the ongoing fires.

Guardian Book Blog

13.01.2025

Mystery syndrome killing rainbow lorikeets and flying foxes leaves scientists baffled | Birds | The Guardian

‘The animals that don’t die need total nursing care,’ wildlife rescuer says, ahead of a potential spike in cases in coming weeks

Guardian Book Blog

12.01.2025

One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies | Animals | The Guardian

Postmortem will be carried out on wild cat, one of four humanely captured in Cairngorms after illegal release

Guardian Book Blog

12.01.2025

Protection zone set up after bird flu outbreak in Angus area of Scotland | Bird flu | The Guardian

Scottish government stresses risk to public is low, as chief veterinary officer says it is first outbreak since 2023

Guardian Book Blog

12.01.2025

Zebra killed in ‘incident’ with rhino at Colchester zoo | Essex | The Guardian

Animals were in mixed-species African habitat when ‘extremely rare’ confrontation took place on Friday

Guardian Book Blog

11.01.2025

Streaming: Pepe and the best animal films for grownups | Film | The Guardian

Hallucinatory hippo drama Pepe, now on Mubi, joins the rabbits of Watership Down, a tragic donkey and elusive snow leopards in a classy menagerie

Guardian Book Blog

11.01.2025

Fears of ‘rogue rewilding’ in Scottish Highlands after further lynx sightings | Scotland | The Guardian

Environmentalists condemn unauthorised releases as ‘reckless’ and ‘highly irresponsible’

Guardian Book Blog

11.01.2025

Two more lynx captured in Scottish Highland woods | Scotland | The Guardian

Second pair of illegally released animals safely captured in Cairngorms after they were spotted on camera traps

Guardian Book Blog

10.01.2025

Week in wildlife in pictures: an entangled elk, a grieving whale and a tortoise on the run | Environment | The Guardian

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Guardian Book Blog

10.01.2025

Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands | Wildlife | The Guardian

The wild cats were humanely trapped using cameras near baited traps and are in quarantine

Guardian Book Blog

09.01.2025

Country diary: Delights and decline in the river’s depths | Environment | The Guardian

Frome, Somerset: Otters and beavers call this stretch of water home, unfortunately it is also a paradise for pollution

Guardian Book Blog

09.01.2025

RSPB stops selling flat bird feeders owing to deadly finch disease | RSPB | The Guardian

Feeding birds from flat surfaces such as tables could be contributing to spread of finch trichomonosis, says charity

Guardian Book Blog

09.01.2025

UK ministers may lift BSE-era ban on animal remains in chicken and pig feed | Farming | The Guardian

Exclusive: England and Wales proposals expected to follow Scottish consultation amid fears British farmers are being undercut

Guardian Book Blog

09.01.2025

Two lynx on the loose in the Scottish Highlands | Scotland | The Guardian

Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) says the animals were at large within its grounds after a suspected ‘illegal release’

Guardian Book Blog

08.01.2025

Puppies rescued from an abandoned caravan in Sussex – video | Animal welfare | The Guardian

The woman who left the puppies was given a suspended sentence over numerous animal welfare offences.

Guardian Book Blog

08.01.2025

Pepe review – inside the beautiful mind of Pablo Escobar’s hippo | Film | The Guardian

Huge and wayward docu-fictional meditation depicts the consciousness of a river horse shipped out to furnish the Colombian druglord’s estate

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Elephants are ‘majestic’ but cannot pursue legal case to leave Colorado zoo, says court | Colorado | The Guardian

Mittens the cat becomes accidental frequent flyer after being left on a plane by mistake | New Zealand | The Guardian

Into the Deep review – Richard Dreyfuss brings the meaning to smugglers v sharks thriller | Film | The Guardian

Hitchhiking frog article hopped over a crucial detail | Invasive species | The Guardian

Licensed release of beavers has many benefits | Wildlife | The Guardian

Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank | Japan | The Guardian

High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds | Bees | The Guardian

‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players | Fishing industry | The Guardian

Alaska to resume ‘barbaric’ shooting of bears and wolves from helicopters | Alaska | The Guardian

Otters among UK wildlife carrying toxic ‘forever chemicals’, analysis shows | PFAS | The Guardian

Adopted wild boar Rillette can stay with her owner, French court rules | France | The Guardian

Colombian tree frog found by Sheffield florist highlights invasive species threat | Invasive species | The Guardian

You’ve always wondered, here’s the answer: do dogs actually watch TV? | Television | The Guardian

Scottish government must do more to control salmon farming, inquiry finds | Scotland | The Guardian

Week in wildlife in pictures: chilly pelicans, a baby gorilla and a spider fan’s dream come true | Environment | The Guardian

No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’ | Wildlife | The Guardian

‘A kitten on heat with a racy physique’: the mystery of the bloodcurdling cat screech used in hundreds of movies | Film | The Guardian

Country diary: Wind in the willows and much more besides | Birds | The Guardian

Five years, multiple deaths: what is happening at the home of the last captive whales in Canada? | Canada | The Guardian

The ‘convoy of incredible people’ saving animals from California’s infernal fires | California wildfires | The Guardian

Young gorilla rescued from Turkish Airlines cargo hold – video | Turkey | The Guardian

Alone No More review – touching shaggy dog tale about a stray mutt who rescues a lonely man | Film | The Guardian

Zebra killed after being impaled by rhino at Colchester zoo | Zoos | The Guardian

Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires | Wildlife | The Guardian

Animal rescuers care for pets evacuated from California wildfires – video report | Animals | The Guardian

Mystery syndrome killing rainbow lorikeets and flying foxes leaves scientists baffled | Birds | The Guardian

One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies | Animals | The Guardian

Protection zone set up after bird flu outbreak in Angus area of Scotland | Bird flu | The Guardian

Zebra killed in ‘incident’ with rhino at Colchester zoo | Essex | The Guardian

Streaming: Pepe and the best animal films for grownups | Film | The Guardian

Fears of ‘rogue rewilding’ in Scottish Highlands after further lynx sightings | Scotland | The Guardian

Two more lynx captured in Scottish Highland woods | Scotland | The Guardian

Week in wildlife in pictures: an entangled elk, a grieving whale and a tortoise on the run | Environment | The Guardian

Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands | Wildlife | The Guardian

Country diary: Delights and decline in the river’s depths | Environment | The Guardian

RSPB stops selling flat bird feeders owing to deadly finch disease | RSPB | The Guardian

UK ministers may lift BSE-era ban on animal remains in chicken and pig feed | Farming | The Guardian

Two lynx on the loose in the Scottish Highlands | Scotland | The Guardian

Puppies rescued from an abandoned caravan in Sussex – video | Animal welfare | The Guardian

Pepe review – inside the beautiful mind of Pablo Escobar’s hippo | Film | The Guardian

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