Gerbils

POLL: What Is Your Ideal Pet?

Posted 04.06.2012

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"Oh, Henry"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.15.2011

Jerry Zezima

Over the years in my humble and frequently fur-flown household, I have been surrounded by women: one wife, two daughters and various animals. The pet...

Why Writers Need Book Clubs

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Holly Robinson

In times when magazines are folding and publishers want brand names, authors write without knowing if we'll be read. But book groups allow us to learn what moved readers (or didn't).

Brad And Angelina Go Shopping For Gerbils

usmagazine.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are adding a few new members to the family! After arriving at their chateau in the South of France, they took sons Mad...

The American Gerbil Show: What Our Pets Teach Us

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Holly Robinson

Today there are lilac and nutmeg gerbils, Siamese and Burmese gerbils, dove and polar fox gerbils, honey cream and silver fox, and many more.

Why Our Stories Matter

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Holly Robinson

The last time I called my father, he asked me what time it was. "Don't you have a watch, Dad?" I asked. "No, they always take those away when you ...

China Uses Abortion Pills To Slow Gerbil Population

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

China's official government news service Xinhua reports that officials are now using contraceptive pills to cut down an ever-rising gerbil population ...

China's War On Gerbils: Using Abortion Pill To Balance Ecosystem

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — Forestry officials in far western China have resorted to scattering abortion pills near gerbil burrows in a bid to halt a rodent plagu...