Karin Brulliard

Karin Brulliard is a reporter for The Washington Post's Animalia blog.

Jon Snow and his computer-generated direwolf, Ghost, on "Game of Thrones."

Dire wolves were real. Now someone is trying to resurrect them.

July 31, 2017 at 8:49 p.m.

"Game of Thrones" viewers who were hoping to get another glimpse of direwolves were disappointed on Sunday night. The wolf Nymeria did not reconsider her rejection of her former human...

Cecil the lion’s son has “met the same fate” — killed in a trophy hunt in Zimbabwe, reports say

July 22, 2017 at 10:17 p.m.

The son of Cecil the lion -- Zimbabwe's beloved big cat, whose death at the hands of an American trophy hunter triggered widespread outrage two summers ago - has been...

A dog explores the new USMC Cpl. David M. Sonka Dog Park on June 14, 2017, in Parker.

Colorado humans are among the fittest in the country. Their pets? Not so much.

June 28, 2017 at 5:12 p.m.

It might seem logical that the states with the highest prevalence of overweight people would have the highest percentages of hefty pets. Surely all those fit Coloradans with their outdoorsy...

Chimpanzees are not “persons,” appeals court says

June 10, 2017 at 6:59 p.m.

Chimpanzees are not legal persons who have a right to be free, a New York state appeals said in a ruling Thursday that denied a request to move two captive...

A California kitten nursery saves tiny lives in a city aiming to become “no kill”

June 6, 2017 at 11:58 p.m.

They are brought into shelters in crates, boxes and flower pots at this time of the year: Tiny, mewing kittens with eyes barely open, with pink, toothless mouths - and...

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