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How the Business Part of Horse Racing Impacts Animal Welfare

How the Business Part of Horse Racing Impacts Animal Welfare
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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Healing After Pet Loss

Healing After Pet Loss
05.06.2025 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

How Animals Heal Us and Nurture Kinder and Fairer Societies

How Animals Heal Us and Nurture Kinder and Fairer Societies
03.06.2025 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Rewilding Dogs, Doomsday Prepping, and Being Less Demanding

17.05.2025 9

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The Cruelty of Breeding Dogs for Invasive Research

16.05.2025 10

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The Power, Magic, and Gifts of Hearing and Singing Birdsongs

13.05.2025 20

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Animal-Human Relationships: An Urgent Plea for Modernization

11.05.2025 10

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WildLove: Riveting Photos Packed With Empathy, Awe, and Soul

07.05.2025 10

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'Out of Sight': A Deep Dive Into Farm Animals' Well-Being

05.05.2025 20

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A Mindset for Helping Humans and Other Animals to Get Along

27.04.2025 10

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Animal Festivals: An Exposé From the Animals' Point of View

08.04.2025 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Hunting Ethics: Facing Up to the Many Muddled Moral Mindsets

05.04.2025 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Celebrating the Legacy of Jane Goodall on Animals Matter Day

03.04.2025 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Joys of Doing Citizen Science With Wild Neighbors

27.03.2025 9

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

How to Be a 'Good' Dog In a Human-Centered World

22.03.2025 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Evolution of Sex: Gender, Mating, and Social Relations

16.03.2025 20

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Healing Our Connections With Animals, Nature and One Another

14.03.2025 8

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Living With Lynx: A Blueprint for Psychologically Rewilding

10.03.2025 30

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Wild Horse Effect and The Transformative Power of Nature

07.03.2025 10

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Dogs at Play: How and Why Bowing Came to Mean "Let's Play"

06.03.2025 30

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A Deep Dive Into the Mysterious Diverse Lives of Octopuses

27.02.2025 7

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Humans and Elephants: We’re Not So Exceptional After All

22.02.2025 40

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How Birds Rest, Roost, and Sleep and How We Disturb Them

18.02.2025 10

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Coexisting With Wolves: Lessons From Force-Free Dog Training

13.02.2025 6

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What Is It Like to Be a Bat From Their Point of View?

11.02.2025 8

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Are Dolphins "Pissing in the Wind" or Trying to Communicate?

10.02.2025 30

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

A Compelling Guide to How We Must Live to Heal Earth—and Why

03.02.2025 30

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'The Moral Circle': A Riveting Expansion of Ethical Concerns

28.01.2025 20

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Why Myths About Dogs Harm Them and Dog-Human Relationships

26.01.2025 20

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

What the Nome Serum Run Dogs Say About Canine Sentience

21.01.2025 20

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When Cats Play, They Mirror One Another's Feline Faces

19.01.2025 40

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Will Dog Breeds as We Know Them Soon Be Things of the Past?

15.01.2025 20

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Compassion Fatigue: Indirect Harms From Caring About Animals

12.01.2025 20

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An Elephant’s World From the Mind and Heart of a Matriarch

10.01.2025 20

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Costs of Caring for Abused Animals Are Existential Crises

Research shows that animal and human well-being are tightly linked.

05.01.2025 10

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Why Studying Animal Behavior Can Improve Human-Animal Bonds

Matthew Calarco offers a positive vision for human-animal relationships.

31.12.2024 9

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The Rise and Demise of Calhoun's Utopia: Mouse Universe 25

The discoverer of the "behavioral sink" was hailed a hero and then a failure.

20.12.2024 3

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Inner Lives of Horses: A Fun-Filled, Fact-Filled Guide

Helena Telkänranta and artists illustrate horses' cognitive and emotional lives.

15.12.2024 3

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Why Animals Must Have a Voice in Conservation Protocols

Granting animals agency and considering their inner lives is critical.

12.12.2024 5

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Censored Landscapes: Art, Science, Ethics, and Food

Isabella La Rocca González's new book explores where our food comes from.

09.12.2024 3

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Are Free-Ranging Dogs Better Off When "Saved" by Humans?

Marco Adda discusses intricacies of the “free-ranging dog removal” phenomenon.

05.12.2024 4

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The State of Animal Consciousness, Sentience, and Emotions

There have been some major changes among people studying cognitive ethology.

03.12.2024 4

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Trophy Hunting, Ageism, and the Loss of Animal Cultures

Research shows hunting animals for fun has negative effects on conservation.

29.11.2024 4

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The Edge of Sentience: Why Drawing Lines is So Difficult

Jonathan Birch's new book is a wonderful eye-opening and challenging read.

27.11.2024 3

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Cohabiting Earth: Maintaining Optimism via Global Rewilding

A new book is a must-read for remaining positive about Earth's well-being.

25.11.2024 20

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Who Owns Animals After They Break Free and Taste Freedom?

It's far more complicated than most people realize.

18.11.2024 10

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Broad Reach of Vegan Vision Extending Well Beyond Food

Matthew Halteman opens the door to expansive and deep thinking.

13.11.2024 3

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Reforming Food Production to Help Humans, Animals, and Earth

A new book explains how to change farming for the benefit of all.

10.11.2024 3

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Dinosaur Behavior: What We Know and How We Know It

David Hone's new book is an eye-opening journey into how dinosaurs lived.

06.11.2024 2

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Chickens' Startlingly Complex Social and Emotional Lives

Sy Montgomery's new book shows why being called a bird brain is a compliment.

04.11.2024 4

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