Tag: animals
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...
Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
Dana Hawley, Virginia Tech and Julia Buck, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Social distancing to combat COVID-19 is profoundly impacting society, leaving many people wondering...
New discovery: Madagascar’s bizarre aye-aye has six fingers on each hand
Adam Hartstone‐Rose, North Carolina State University
The aye-aye is one of nature’s most fascinatingly bizarre creatures. Native to Madagascar, this lemur is the largest nocturnal...
Rotting feral pig carcasses teach scientists what happens when tons of...
Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University and Abby Jones, Mississippi State University
The unprecedented wildfire raging across Australia is not only destroying human lives, but has...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
