animals

A deer in a forest
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Bright-er Side: Bridges for animals

Peak Web September 26, 2023

By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor In the midst of raging wildfires, a pandemic, and increasing inflation, it often feels like the world around us is collapsing (and it kind of is). The effects of climate change are creating deteriorating conditions for the surrounding wildlife and destroying their homes. It’s very easy to feel hopeless in this timeline, but something that has been easing my mind lately is the existence of bridges for animals to cross roads safely.  It brings me so much joy imagining bears, penguins, and boars crossing bridges on their little paws, flippers, and hooves. They have places…

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Keeping it slow and stable in the animal world

Peak Web September 16, 2018

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor and Agnetha de Sa, Peak Associate   Animals are slow to catch on SFU researchers have published a study investigating and comparing the delays of animal reflexes between small and large animals. The study, published in…

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CINEPHILIA: An off-the-leash look at man’s best friend

EIC July 11, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets is easily distracted and prone to tangents, like a dog that suddenly chases after a ball. Directed by Yarrow Cheney and Chris Renaud, The Secret Life of Pets imagines what your domesticated critters are doing…

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The Boy and the Beast is anime meets Disney

EIC June 6, 2016

With over 16 years of animation and directing experience, Mamoru Hosoda knows how to churn out an anime classic. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, his first non-franchise film, came out 10 years ago and won Animation of the Year…

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