A new relationship with animals, nature and each other.

Posts by Michael Mountain

  • Introducing the Whale Sanctuary Project

    This blog is taking a break for the next few months so that I can devote my energies to the Whale Sanctuary Project. Here's why.

  • Is the Sloth Sanctuary a Zoo?

    The Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica was the first of its kind for these wonderfully engaging animals, and it was a model for others that followed. But questions have arisen. And…

  • Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary

    Tafi Atome looks like a typical forest in Ghana. The monkeys have been revered in this village for two centuries. But being “sacred” is no guarantee of survival.

  • The Great Irony of Animal “Rights”

    The great irony of the animal rights movement is there is still only one species that has any rights at all: humans. But the Nonhuman Rights Project is setting out to change that.

  • Why Mass Extinction Is Part of Human Nature

    Why would a supposedly “intelligent” species behave in a way that’s bringing about a mass extinction – one that will likely take us down along with so many other animals?

    Is the Stock Market a Global Ponzi Scheme?
    Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
    Of Humans and Persons

    Playing Possum in NYC

    City officials brought in possums to combat rats. What they got: plenty of both. Trying to outwit Mother Nature several years ago, city officials introduced opossums into…

    Italian Town Bans Donkey Race

    Cruel tradition denounced by minister of tourism. Dozens of “palios” – horse and donkey races around town squares – have been being held in Italian towns…

    Rescuing the Hermit Crabs

    Ranger Leanne Sarco loves all creatures great and small. By Barbara R. Saunders Team Gulf & The Hermit Rescue Project from Eugenio A. Salazar on Vimeo.…

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    Dolphins & People Part Two of three: The Big Business of Dolphins (See also Part One: The Smartest of Us All?) The Business of Dolphins How…

    Chimps Outwit Humans

    Chimps living in a rainforest have figured out how to deactivate traps set by bushmeat hunters. They actually go out looking for the traps, and carefully…

    Adoption or Abduction?

    A long-tailed macaque has been spotted in a forest treating a stray kitten as if it were his pet. What’s really going on here? And are humans the only animals who keep pets?

    How to Live Forever

    Imagine growing up, growing old, then growing younger, starting over, and growing up all over again. Does this jellyfish have the secret to eternal life?

    Happiness Is a Warm Puppy

    How a dog helped a patient in psychotherapy rediscover her true emotions. “Animals have a way of triggering the deep imprisoned emotions of love, kindness, trust, value and playfulness,” explains psychologist Dr. Ruby Benjamin.

    Seagull Comes to Dinner

    Mr. Pooh arrived unexpectedly … he fell down the chimney. The baby seagull landed in the fireplace of the Grimwood family in Sussex, England, covered in…

    Bifocal Beetle Better

    Got there millions of years before Benjamin Franklin. The larva of the sunburst diving beetle has been using bifocal lenses to chase down its prey for…

    Putting the Egg Together Again

    For thousands of years, the egg was a universal symbol of life. Last week, it became a symbol of death. Half a billion eggs recalled. People sick. What’s up? Zoe editor Michael Mountain says the answer is really quite simple.