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Keep Pets Cool & Safe During Texas Heat Wave
Unlike us, cats and dogs only sweat through their paws, so it’s easy for them to overheat. Don’t forget to create a disaster preparedness...
Welcome to Creature Comforts 2025
With Shark Week wrapping up, the fam and I, avid Shark Week enthusiasts, have been engaging in some pretty deep conversations about animals, wild...
MuttNation Unite!
Miranda Lambert is probably best known for a country music career spanning two decades, which has produced some truly iconic hits and earned her...
From the Pink Elephant Parties of the Past to Current Cappy...
For the cover of this, the third annual Creature Comforts special issue, we hope you enjoy the artistic take on a 1955 image of Jayne...
Saving Turtle Island
At a Fort Worth pond, I seek turtles. Red-eared sliders and flat gray pancakes of spiny softshells plop into the water when I’m too...
N&D 7.30.25 // The Great Indoors
While often associated with images of dogs panting in the heat, the term “dog days of summer” actually originates from ancient astronomy, specifically the...
Presidential Pets
Not every state has a presidential library. Luckily, we have one right here in North Texas. If you visit the George W. Bush Presidential Center...
JJ
Some of you may remember the story we published about a year ago that featured JJ, the striking male mandrill at the Fort Worth...
Majestic
Please don’t try to pet, or feed, the bison.
That was one of the messages I heard during a recent trip to the Fort Worth...
Look for the Helpers
The state of animal rescue in North Texas is generally chaos, but somehow things seem worse right now. I am peripherally involved with animal...
