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Introducing MEET THE NEIGHBORS: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World

It’s official: Meet the Neighbors has hatched! It started germinating more than a decade ago. I was reporting a lot on the scientific…

Jul 16, 2024

Introducing MEET THE NEIGHBORS: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World

Jul 16, 2024

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What To Do If You’re Charged by a Black Bear

What should you do if you’re charged by a black bear? It’s happened thousands of times to Ben Kilham, and he has some advice.

May 3, 2019

What To Do If You’re Charged by a Black Bear

May 3, 2019

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Do People Need Biodiversity? It’s Complicated.

Until about 15,000 years ago, Earth was home to a menagerie of now-fantastical creatures: giant kangaroos and truck-sized sloths, woolly…

Feb 6, 2019

Do People Need Biodiversity? It’s Complicated.

Feb 6, 2019

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On Language & Animals

That so many people made a mockery of PETA’s comparisons between animal and human suffering simply underscored their point.

Dec 9, 2018

On Language & Animals

Dec 9, 2018

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If We Could Talk to the Animals: Do Our Politics Have Room for Nonhumans Too?

If we fail to engage with the inner lives of other animals — with the ethical implications of a mallard mother’s love for her ducklings…

Jun 28, 2018

If We Could Talk to the Animals: Do Our Politics Have Room for Nonhumans Too?

Jun 28, 2018

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Thoughts on the #MPRraccoon

As someone who thinks raccoons are utterly marvelous creatures, I ought to be more excited about the virality of one courageous youngster…

Jun 13, 2018

Thoughts on the #MPRraccoon

Jun 13, 2018

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All Creatures Great & Small, 2017 Edition

My favorite photographs from this last year.

Dec 31, 2017

All Creatures Great & Small, 2017 Edition

Dec 31, 2017

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‘Half Invisible’: Some Thoughts on Writing About Research on Animals

A while back I covered the Nonhuman Rights Project’s lawsuits arguing that chimpanzees — as extremely intelligent, emotional and social…

Oct 29, 2017

‘Half Invisible’: Some Thoughts on Writing About Research on Animals

Oct 29, 2017

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The Birds of September 11

On my way to Ground Zero on the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, I stopped for a slice a pizza and to clear my head. The previous…

Sep 10, 2017

The Birds of September 11

Sep 10, 2017

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The #1 Bestseller Among Pigeons!

With the help of pigeon-whisperer Blessing Tawengwa, I recently took some publicity photos of The Eye of the Sandpiper. (That was the…

Jul 15, 2017

The #1 Bestseller Among Pigeons!

Jul 15, 2017

Brandon Keim

Brandon Keim

Freelance journalist and writer. Nature, animals, science & environment. Co-founder @KittyEatsBugs. Author of The Eye of the Sandpiper http://a.co/7fC6QsI

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