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What To Do If You’re Charged by a Black Bear
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.
Brandon Keim
May 3, 2019
Do People Need Biodiversity? It’s Complicated.
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…
Brandon Keim
Feb 6, 2019
On Language & Animals
On Language & Animals
That so many people made a mockery of PETA’s comparisons between animal and human suffering simply underscored their point.
Brandon Keim
Dec 9, 2018
If We Could Talk to the Animals: Do Our Politics Have Room for Nonhumans Too?
If We Could Talk to the Animals: Do Our Politics Have Room for Nonh...
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…
Brandon Keim
Jun 28, 2018
Thoughts on the #MPRraccoon
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…
Brandon Keim
Jun 13, 2018
All Creatures Great & Small, 2017 Edition
All Creatures Great & Small, 2017 Edition
My favorite photographs from this last year.
Brandon Keim
Dec 31, 2017
‘Half Invisible’: Some Thoughts on Writing About Research on Animals
‘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…
Brandon Keim
Oct 29, 2017
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