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dog in Halloween sweater with mom and kids our trick-or-treating; trick-or-treat-safety tips Credit: Fat Camera / Getty There’s a nip in the air that smells of pumpkin spice, your stylish matching dog and owner costumes are at the ready, and you haven’t eaten the entire bag of fun-size candy—yet. It’s almost Halloween! And maybe time to take your dog on a trick-or-treat adventure! Wait—can dogs go trick-or-treating? Will they enjoy roaming around the neighborhood with all the little ghosts and goblins?...

Avocados are fruits possessing a nutty flavor, and they belong to a family of Lauraceae (having their origin from central Mexico).Avocados are also known as alligator pear, although most people don’t recognize them by their second name. Its color generally varies from green to yellow, typically roughly resembling the shape of a butterfly.Mexico is the world’s number one producer of avocados, so it is one of those reasons why Americans consume avocados extensively....

Eebbers, the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport's passenger screening canine celebrates his retirement with a plushie drink in his mouth Credit: Courtesy of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport The Transportation Security Administration’s cutest canine retired at the end of last month with a shower of toys and a very explosive cake. Eebbers, an 11-year-old Labrador retriever and Vizsla mix, worked as an explosives-sniffing dog for 10 years at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport—when he wasn’t working at Super Bowls, NCAA championships, and the Special Olympics....

Cardinal Richelieu was a well-known chief minister who served King Louis XIII, and before that, he served as a French nobleman, statesman, and clergyman.In 1624, Cardinal Richelieu was made Chief Minister. He contributed in the best way he could to the international positions of France along with royal power consolidation.Marie de Medicis, the mother of King Louis XIII, was a close acquaintance of Cardinal Richelieu. King Louis XIII and his mother, Marie de Medicis, were not strong in their relationship....

There’s something about a mother’s love, it knows no end. Even our four-legged friends experience this remarkable maternal instinct. No matter who you are, there’s no denying a mother’s bond to her offspring. This is especially clear when it comes to mourning the loss of life in the animal kingdom. In fact, there’s a growing body of evidence that supports the idea that nonhuman animals are “aware of death” and can “experience grief,” even showing signs of mourning....

The world is full of mysteries, and there are plenty of weird and strange animals dwelling at the bottom of our oceans, like fish with legs.Walking fish are typically amphibious in nature. Because these fish can spend extended periods of time out of the water, they can use a variety of locomotion strategies, such as leaping, snake-like lateral twitching motions, and tripod-like walking.Though we’ve all grown up hearing that fish are a type of animal that moves with tails and fins, we’ve all probably come across the concept of fish with legs at some point in our lives....

The bandicoot or Peramelemorphia are solitary marsupials and omnivores. The species of bandicoot are highly active and have a unique style of running termed as a ‘gallop’. At night these bandicoots forage to get the smell of food with the help of their sensitive noses. With the help of their long nose, they can dig out the underground easily. They mostly forage for food during the nighttime. Bandicoots leave small conical holes while they forage for food, insects, and bugs, and these holes are called snout pokes as they prick them with their snout....

Bees are one of the most common insects found worldwide. With thousands of extant species, the bees are nature’s best pollinators, pollinating acres of crops and flowering plants. The two best-known species of bees are the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the bumblebees (Bombus). Bees are closely related to ants and wasps and belong to the order Hymenoptera and superfamily Apoidea. They form a clade, Anthophila, meaning that all bee species have a common ancestor from which they have descended....

Black Swallowtail butterflies are not only a beautiful species to learn about, but they are also extremely interesting. Here are some facts about them. Adult butterflies, as well as caterpillars, have something called host plants. A host plant is where eggs are laid. After hatching from their eggs, the larvae derive their nutrition and food from such plants. These butterflies from the family Papilionidae, use Umbelliferae plants as their hosts. Such plants include plants called the Queen Anne’s lace, carrots, parsley, parsnip, caraway, and more....

The Canada warbler (Cardellina canadensis), sometimes called the necklaced warbler, is a colorful songbird found in North America and South America. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the best place to locate Canada warblers is in deciduous regions or forests covered with moss and ferns, forest wetlands, or rhododendron plantations. To identify one, you will have to have to look for sharp and fast movements in the undergrowth as they hop and flick their wings while moving from one branch to another....

Shepherd collie mix is a cross breed of a German shepherd dog and border collie dog. They have inherited some best qualities from both the parent breeds, i.e. being intelligent, energetic, and loyal. German shepherd border collie mix is one of the most popular companion dogs that loves to be around its human family members. Due to the extreme popularity of German shepherd border collie mix, several new breeds have been created in other countries such as Australian shepherd border collie mix, Anatolian shepherd border collie mix, plus more....

The spider decorator crab is a marine animal in the family Majoidea that use numerous materials from its surrounding to decorate its body. It mostly sticks sedentary plant and animal species on the entire body., which provides this animal an excellent camouflage against the background. This technique also provides protection from various predators. Some of the ornaments include seaweed, sponge, shell, alga, and coral. They stick these ornaments through hair-like structures....

The fall webworm moth or fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) is known for its larvae stage, where it creates a webbed nest on a hardwood tree in late summer or fall. Fall Webworms are considered a pest but they do not cause much harm to healthy trees. The adult fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) is known to have a wingspan of 1.4-1.7 in is white in color, sometimes some moths have some dark spots on their wings too....

If you went to a restaurant in Japan, it is hard to miss the delicious yellowtail sushi on the menu card! Yes, we are talking about the Japanese amberjack fish, popular in Japan as a fish eaten raw or cooked. It is a species of jackfish in the family Carangidae, native to the northwest Pacific ocean from Korea to Hawaii, and yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata.Called hamachi or buri, it is highly appreciated in Japan as a delicacy in the winter....

The Jurrasic period is further divided into different epochs and the late Jurassic is the third epoch. During this epoch, Pangea split up into two halves Laurasia and Gondwana. Various new species of dinosaurs evolved during this period such as the sauropod, theropod, and Ornithopod dinosaurs. The Laosaurus celer is type species of the Laosaur genus from the Oxfordian-Tithonian phase of the Upper Jurassic or late Jurassic. This species was first described in 1878 by the American professor Othniel Charles Marsh....

The Mongolian wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is a majestic and beautiful subspecies of the gray wolf. They are said to be closely related to dogs, however as they are wolves, they are naturally exceptional at hunting. They are sometimes also known as the Tibetan wolf too.As their name suggests, these wolves are mostly found in Mongolia where they originate from. Now they can also be found in central Asia, Russia, northern China, the Himalayas, Tibet, and Korea....

The Pacific gull (Larus pacificus) is a large gull of the family Laridae. John Latham, an English ornithologist, first described the Pacific gull in 1901. He described it from a drawing by Thomas Walting and was given a local name, ‘Troo-gad-dil.’ The specific term refers to the Pacific Ocean. There are two described subspecies, L. p. georgii, and the nominate L. p. pacificus. The genus Larus is a large gull genus, and species are spread across the world....

The Sussex spaniel is one of the rarest spaniels in the world. They are also the rarest native dog breed of England. They get their name from their place of origin, Sussex County, England, where they were first bred in the 18th Century. These dogs are of short stature, their height is about 13-15 inches at the shoulder. They have a medium-length body and soft, medium-length, wavy fur. The color of their fur is a rich golden color....

The tiger, or the Panthera tigris, is an apex carnivorous big cat that can hunt anything down by stalking their prey and following its footprints. They are very intelligent and agile. They are famous for their attractive appearance and having orange-brown fur with stripes of black. The lower classification of tigers includes the Siberian tiger, Bengal tiger, and Sumatran Tiger. Some species of the tiger, like the Caspian tiger, Balinese tigers, and Javan tigers, have been extinct for more than three decades....

The species of snakes recognized for its notorious bites is the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). The members of the Viperidae family, Crotalus atrox or western diamondback rattlesnake, are pit-vipers distributed over Central and Western Texas as well as Southern New Mexico and Arizona. These snakes are named after the dark diamond-shaped patterns found on the back of their body. Though western diamondback rattlesnakes are highly venomous and behold a threatening ambiance, they are quite beneficial in controlling rodents....