Tag: animals
Zoos and aquariums shift to a new standard of ‘animal welfare’...
Michael J. Renner, Drake University
In 1980 I visited the zoo in a major U.S. city and found row after row of bare concrete...
Sea otters demonstrate that there is more to muscle than just...
Traver Wright, Texas A&M University; Melinda Sheffield-Moore, Texas A&M University, and Randall Davis, Texas A&M University
Life in the...
How to help dogs and cats manage separation anxiety when their...
Lori M Teller, Texas A&M University
When one of my co-workers found out about a tiny, orphaned kitten that needed a home a few months...
America’s hidden world of handmade pornography
Lisa Z. Sigel, DePaul University
“To live among the handmade,” philosopher and antiques dealer Leon Rosenstein once said, “is to live among the human.”
Well, there’s...
Primates are facing an impending extinction crisis – but we know...
Jo Setchell, Durham University
From lemurs to orangutans, tarsiers to gorillas, primates are captivating and sometimes unnervingly similar to us. So it’s not surprising that...
Do dogs really see in just black and white?
Nancy Dreschel, Pennsylvania State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Very good dogs don’t necessarily make very good co-workers
Jessica Myrick, Pennsylvania State University
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are working from home in close proximity to our human children or...
‘Tiger King’ masks true nature of America’s captive tiger problem
Allison Skidmore, University of California, Santa Cruz
Editor’s note: Netflix’s new docuseries “Tiger King” takes viewers into the strange world of big cat collectors. Featuring...
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Americans’ deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder...
David Salkever, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on people who get it seeking treatment – which also allows authorities to...
