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Pets Now Allowed in More Than 120 Archaeological Sites in Greece
Greece has decided to allow pets in more than 120 archaeological sites, under conditions, in a pilot program that excludes popular monuments such as the Acropolis.
Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni announced the decision following a recommendation by Greece’s Central...
Animals
Humans Can Communicate With Cats by Blinking, Scientists Say
A study on cat-human interactions has confirmed that cat owners can communicate with their pet cats by blinking.
Scientists observed cat-human interactions and were able to confirm that this act of blinking slowly makes humans more approachable by cats while cats...
Animals
The Rescue Dog That Creates Art
A one-eared rescue dog named Van Gogh is creating art with his tongue at a Connecticut rescue, as reported by CNN on Wednesday.
Van Gogh can certainly do many tricks like many other dogs, but he is getting a lot...
Ancient Greece
World Animal Day: Like Us, the Ancient Greeks Loved Their Dogs
Ancient Greeks had a great love and respect for their dogs, cherishing them as companions, protectors, and hunters.
Animals
New Study Finds Dogs can Detect Stress in Humans
Dogs can detect the physiological processes associated with an acute psychological stress response, which produces changes in human breath and sweat, with an accuracy of 93.75 percent.
The new study was conducted by Clara Wilson and colleagues of Queen’s University...
Animals
The Tragic Story of Greece’s Loutraki Landfill Dogs
Loutraki is the site of a devastating scene, a place that houses more than a hundred landfill dogs who are living in deplorable conditions.
Ancient Greece
Snakes, Apes and Ferrets: The Ancient Greek Love of Pets
Animals were an important part of life in antiquity, and Ancient Greeks loved their pets. Ancient sources tell us that they kept a wide variety of animals at home, ranging from dogs to snakes.
Paintings, writings, and sculptures from ancient...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greeks’ Love for Their Dogs
Ancient Greeks had a great love and respect for their dogs, cherishing them as companions, protectors, and hunters, as evidenced by several dog tombstones discovered over the centuries.
The most well-known story about the relationship between ancient Greeks and their...
Medicine
Cancer Has a Smell — and Technology May Soon Be Able to Sniff It Out
Throughout our homes, we have electronics that can hear and see us, but we don't yet have technology that can smell. However, even this may be changing. And what if we could detect cancer by smelling it? The science...
Animals
Dogs Can Tell Difference Between Familiar and Unfamiliar Languages
Dogs are smarter than you think; according to recent research, dogs can distinguish between languages they are familiar with and those they've never heard before.
Researchers scanned the brains of 18 dogs with an MRI machine while the canines heard...