‘I Am Not an Animal!’
While it doesn’t bother ethics experts much when genes are mixed from two non-human animals, it’s much more alarming when they create human-other chimeras.
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The “I Am NOT an Animal!” Symposium
It's the big question – perhaps the only one that truly matters right now: "Why is it that, despite the continuing work of animal protection, conservation and ecological groups,…
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Why Our Brains Can’t Understand Climate Change
In his new book Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change, George Marshall tells the story of what happened at a dinner party when the…
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Animal Protection as a ‘Heroic Enterprise’
Everybody loves a hero. And we all would like to be heroes. Heroism is something we humans strive for. Other kinds of animals behave heroically, too, but among humans, it includes…
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“I Am Not an Animal!” –
the Signature Cry of Our SpeciesThe psychology behind why we humans continue to reduce the other animals to the status of resources, commodities and property – even at risk of driving much of life on Earth to…
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The Growth Monster
“Six years on from the financial crash that brought the world to its knees, red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global economy.” That…
End These Religious Festivals Now!
Pope Francis and Mother Earth
Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
An Emerging Consciousness
Peter Falk – Animal Protector
Peter Falk was a spokesperson for all animals. He was a passionate supporter of animal causes, including Best Friends Animal Society and PETA.
Why Do Most Vegetarians Backslide?
According to a survey, three times as many American adults admit to being “ex-vegetarians” than describe themselves as current vegetarians.
New Concerns about Antibiotics on Farms
Dramatic rise in their use threatens human health Photo courtesy of The Independent Three classes of antibiotics that are considered critical to modern medicine are now…
From Whale Wars to Bluefin Battles
Even though the Japanese whaling fleet gave up the fight, Sea Shepherd Capt. Watson has much more ocean to patrol and lots more life to protect.
When Animals Are Drafted
On this Memorial Day, let’s also remember how, for 5,000 years, animals have been conscripted into war, from charging elephants to bomb-sniffing bees.
Three Things We Can All Do
Three things in the news this week lead to the obvious conclusion that we can do a lot to save our world from going down the tubes … if we just make some simple changes in our way of living.
Talking with Dolphins
Behavioral biologist Denise Herzing has been visiting dolphins in the ocean for 20 years and she may be close to establishing advanced communication.
The Cave at Chauvet
The cave at Chauvet became their sanctuary, where they could commune in a more intimate way with the animals, and they could express their own sense of wonder and vulnerability.
When Coffee Meets Climate Change
The price for Arabica coffee beans has hit a 13-year high and is still climbing. The underlying problem is that coffee crops are in trouble.
Helping Elephants to Pack Trunks
Bob Barker hosts press conference in Canada about a plan to move the three elephants at the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary.
Slaughter Makes for Strange Bedfellows
What could bring Orthodox Jews and Muslims together against the government that’s known for protecting religious and social minorities?
How Much Do We Love Our Animals?
Some simple research you can do at home tells the real story of our attitudes toward animals. They’re not quite what we tell ourselves and each other
Dottie’s Spay Day in Paradise
In a small town of about 4,000 people, a Texas expatriate is changing hearts and minds with her spay/neuter program. No one is turned away, even if they can’t pay a dollar
White Dogs, Brown Dogs and Human Prejudice
A college student in Mexico gets real-life lessons in anthropology — and prejudice — when she learns that white dogs are welcome in well-to-do homes, but brown dogs are not. Animals aren’t just animals; they’re cultural symbols, too
Dog Takes Communion (Gasp)
Just a storm in a wineglass, say churchgoers St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada, doesn’t like turning people away. So when Donald Keith was told…
Bug-Eyed Over Lemurs!
Travel Far, Think Big: Wild Madagascar Kasey-Dee Gardner Two years ago, on our first date, Dan told me the one place he couldn’t wait to visit…
Survival of the Most Cooperative
Jonathan Balcombe talks about his new book: Second Nature – The Inner Lives of Animals. A humpback whale is tangled up in the ropes of crab…