You’ve probably heard of animal communicators, people who claim they have the ability to “speak” with animals, and help sort out a pet’s physical...

Life extension is the next grand human technological advance. At least that’s what a number of tech billionaires think. Peter Thiel of Paypal and...

Childhood thumb-sucking and nail-biting has long been looked down on as unhygienic. Parents often discourage it, concerned it could expose their child to germs....

“How to get children to eat more veggies,” is the age-old question that prompted researchers to seek effective methods to encourage kids to choose...

Imagine you’re the parents of a child with a life-threatening illness and the only way you can help them is to break the law....

No one said being a parent was easy. It can be stressful and push all of your buttons. But part of parenting means staying...

Remember that time an octopus was caught on tape using coconut shells for protection and disguise? Or this time an octopus worked its way...

All parents know that when given the choice, the great majority of kids love to run through mud puddles, dig in the sandbox, roll...

A raid to remove live tigers from  a controversial “Tiger Temple”  in Thailand following allegations of animal cruelty has led wildlife officials to discover...

Dr. Carmen Colitz visited us at the Alternative Daily headquarters for a conversation all about animals. Dr. Colitz is a Veterinary Ophthalmologist. She runs a...