science | nature

Axolotl (Photo credit Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)

Creepy Crawly Pets

Tarantulas, rats, lizards, and even an animal called an axolotl can be pets. Chris Stockner, a teacher at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Life Science Laboratory, told me about creepy crawly pets. Chris has been keeping bugs and reptiles since he was a kid.

Chris explained much of what people think about “creepy” animals is not true. People think cockroaches carry lots of diseases, but they carry very few. Lots of… MORE

pets ~ kids

KID'S PET JOURNALS

Cook For Your Dog

Can you imagine being a chef for pets? Few chefs for pets have the training Chef Daryl does. Trained as a chef for people, he now works for the dogs.

Chef Daryl Ostrovsky of the Great Dog Bakery says, “My baked treats look and smell like something kids would like to eat. Chef makes many treats in his bakery, but he can’t reveal… MORE

Do you know? If your feet were like all parrots’, with two front facing toes and two… MORE

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