<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WFHFBM" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Animals

City Life

Kevin Spacey Adopted a Puppy and Named It ‘Boston’

First he came to Boston to thank the first responders and medical staff for their efforts in helping the victims of the marathon attack. Then […]

City Life

Bee Town: Endangered Nationally, Honeybees Are Thriving in Boston

Endangered nationally, honeybees are thriving in Boston.

City Life

Go Hug a ‘Comfort Dog’ And Make Yourself Feel Better About Everything

When it comes to coping with trauma and anxiety, hugging a dog is the best medicine, experts say. This week, several canines from the Lutheran […]

cat
Arts & Entertainment

Get Ready for the Somerville Copy Cat Festival

Photo via Tumblr There’s something you’ve been dreaming about for a long, long time, but have never truly acknowledged it. And folks, it’s time to […]

City Life

The Abused South Station Dog Was Dressed in Her Prison Best

By now you’ve perhaps heard the news that a Nevada woman en route to her court appearance was allegedly found in a South Station bathroom […]

City Life

The Herald Goes Big on ‘Stroller Cat’

Wednesday brought Boston news of the newest internet celebrity in our midst: a cat in a baby-stroller on the Red Line known to all as […]

City Life

Welcome Boston’s Weird New Celebrity: "Stroller Cat"

A disagreement between a woman who brought her cat onto the T in a baby stroller and some disgruntled riders found its way from the real […]

City Life

Animal Attraction: The Franklin Park Zoo’s Four Biggest Characters

  Illustration by John Ueland Christopher, an African lion, bellows six times daily to “convey to all the other lions in Dorchester that this is his occupied […]

City Life

Poisoning Your Neighbors’ Dogs Seems Like the Worst Idea

There are so very many reasons why it seems like Kenneth Hyland’s alleged plot to poison dogs with anti-freeze soaked hot dogs in Charlestown was […]

City Life

Some People on the Cape Would Probably Shoot Seals If They Still Could

Like fishermen, who say the seals have wisened up and chew through their nets full of fish, or beach-front property owners, who have to deal […]

City Life

Some People on the Cape Would Probably Shoot Seals If They Still Could

Some People on the Cape Would Probably Shoot Seals If They Still Could. … like fishermen, who say the seals have wisened up and chew […]

dog ascots

Simply Fetching Dog Ascots

This local designer handmakes neck ruffles for canines.

City Life

Watch: Great White Shark Eats a Seal Near Chatham

It’s not exactly the Shark Week Air Jaws shot, but still. [WHDH]

City Life

Harbormaster: Don't Swim Within 300 Feet of Seals

This is the warning in lieu of closing beaches and prohibiting swimming because of this. [Wicked Local]

City Life

Harbormaster: Don't Swim Within 300 Feet of Seals

This is the warning in lieu of closing beaches and prohibiting swimming because of this.  [Wicked Local]