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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...
Best Of … Zoo Animals!
If you’ve ever wondered if wild animals have personalities, be assured that they do. Having spent many hours observing and photographing them, here are...
Pet Amenities Lure Renters
“Happiness is a warm puppy,” said the late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz. The flipside — what makes a warm puppy happy — is today...
Creatures of the Night & Day
In honor of the so-called “dog days of summer” and National Dog Month in August, this week’s paper is dedicated to animals of all kinds....
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...
In Memoriam
We think of our pets as family, so when one of them passes away, the grief is real. In last year’s Creature Comforts edition,...
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...
N&D 7.26 // Dog Days of Summer
The term “dog days of summer” refers to the sweltering and humid weather during July and August in the Northern Hemisphere, or so says...
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...
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...
