Sploid, a consistently good source for freaky animal news, has a story today about a mysterious creature that’s turned up at the Tyco Electronics headquarters in North Carolina. It’s a lovely, graceful thing that looks like a dog crossed with a fox crossed with a faun.

The other night, a friend of mine from Cincinnati told me that there was a town across the river in Kentucky that had a dog for a mayor. Like most stories that people in bars tell about animals, this one turns out to be true.

How much will it cost to lower our food-safety standards?

Food industry bigwigs must be rubbing their hands with glee as Congress proposes a bill for food uniformity. The proposal, under the guise of "standardization," is a nefarious attempt to undermine states' authority regarding food-safety and, in effect, lower standards overall.

The troubling part of the food-avoidance game is the socio-economic class considerations that create luxury items of healthy un-tampered foods.

We're on our way to finding out a lot more about what goes on in that secretive world under the sea. A Census of Marine Life project called Tagging of Pacific Pelagics, or TOPP, has been sticking marine animals with electronic tags that transmit data about their habits and habitats to researchers by satellite.

Consumers cannot trust color to gauge the freshness of beef thanks to Modified Atmosphere Packaging.

Fructose may be exacerbating the obesity epidemic in the country, but it was sugar that patterned the consumption levels currently existing in American and European diets.

The beverage and corn industries would have us believe that high fructose corn-syrup is no better and no worse than sugar a.k.a sucrose. However, scientists have found a strong causal link between consumption of fructose and obesity.

There was sad news today for every junior high student’s favorite aquatic mammal. According to a report by the Associated Press, Florida manatees died in record numbers last month, up by a third from January 2005.

In case you thought that those opposed to genetically modified foods are merely tree-hugging Luddites, real evidence exists that GM foods pose risks to human health.

The U.S. is at it again, foisting genetically modified products upon consumers who are openly opposed to them. The latest WTO ruling may reignite the bitter debate on GM foods. All this trouble just so Monsanto, Dow and big agri-biotech companies can earn an even greater return on their investments.

To this day, our perceptions of Indian cuisine are defined by classifications imposed by conquerors and outsiders. Curry, synonymous with common notions of Indian food, is actually a British concept.

Japan has once again imposed its on-again off-again ban on U.S. beef, in a drama involving more than just meat.

Criticizing McDonald’s for turning a blind eye on the human rights abuses, Student/Farmworker Alliance urges the corporation to use its clout to fight the exploitation of agricultural workers.