Tag: animals
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...
How do we know when a species at risk has recovered?...
H. Resit Akcakaya, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
Around the world, animals and plants are disappearing at alarming rates. In May...
Leonardo da Vinci saw in animals the ‘image of the world
Arielle Saiber, Bowdoin College
About six months ago I stopped eating meat. I was teaching a graduate course at UCLA that investigated how Italian Renaissance...
Is winter miserable for wildlife?
Bridget B. Baker, Wayne State University
While the weather outside may indeed get frightful this winter, a parka, knit hat, wool socks, insulated boots and...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
