AP IMPACT: Is your fur fake or Fido?
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That fur trim on your jacket that you think is fake? Tell it to Fido. An animal advocacy group says its investigation has turned up coats &#151; some with designer labels, some at higher-end retailers &#151; with fur from man's best friend. Some retailers were set scrambling to pull the coats from shelves, take them off Web sites and even offer refunds to consumers.
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It's no joke. Animal lawsuits are gaining respect as pet owners seek justice for the ones they love
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It can be difficult to determine who owns pictures on the web. Why not create an attribute for the image tag that clarifies the confusion? In Monkey Bites.
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks
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By Joe Blundo, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 17--Today I examine a burning question in the Ohio race for governor: Has the campaign so far been real or just an elaborate parody? Arguments can be made for both, but I see strong evidence for parody.
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So what's a dog's life like, anyhow? Scientists at Agencourt Bioscience Corp. in Beverly know. The biotech company helped to sequence the genetic coding that makes a dog a dog. Last month, the data was added to several public databases, making it available to biomedical and veterinary researchers around the world.
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Are you one of the millions of fashion fiends who covet Oscar red carpet styles? Sadly, the costly gowns worn by Hollywood's elite will likely never adorn your non-celebrity body -- but there may be hope for your dog.
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If you haven't remembered to buy your dog his costume yet, here's something else you may have overlooked:
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The animal can be a revelation of the human, but more often it appears as a contrast than a comforting reflection.
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By Prasanna Raman  * ON the editorial floor where I sit, often a frog's croaking is heard. The first time I heard it, my colleagues and I thought a frog was moonlighting as a journalist here. But, it was just the journalist's cell phone's ringtone.
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It's Reg vs Rollo Do pets eventually resemble their owners? Or do owners get to look like their pets? It's heck of a conundrum - but one we might now be a little closer to solving. For the past fortnight it's been hard to escape the animated faces of "Joan", or "George" the graphical representations of what we're told is a new breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence. TV and newspapers, both highbrow and lowbrow, have flocked to report on the chatterbot. You can talk to Joan (or George) - the output of the British software project Jabberwacky - and think it's human!â¦
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Fake fur and real fur and jewelry and Jet Skis, Crystal and Segways and bubbly and Caddies,
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If you took the photo of a Chihuahua at   http://flickr.com/photos/benvoluto/216323527/, you have caused   a Web sensation.
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PetSmart has been growing by selling day care and hotel accommodations for pets, proving that being treated like a dog may not be a bad thing if pampering is part of the deal.
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Corporate sustainability is all the rage. But what's real and what's bull? Where are the pitfalls? What works? We take a look.
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The wit who dubbed August "the dog days of summer" could have been looking at 2004's tech stocks in his crystal ball. Just what is ailing these critters? Let's look at all of the possible explanations. Perhaps by eliminating the foolish and transient we can discover a theme and pick up some bargains.
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Dude, you have got to see this. Look in your in-box. Right there between the chain letter promising never-ending good fortune and the Top 10 list of reasons why cats are better than dogs. There it is: An e-mail filled with goofy images of sometimes dubious origins.