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Photo: Amur tiger, by Anil Öztas, FALCC-BY-NC-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Animals Really “Take Revenge”?

The true tale of an Amur tiger hunting down and killing his hunter in 1997 is among the best attested of these stories. Read More ›
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A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Ridwan0810, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›
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Image: Samuel Wilberforce, by George Richmond, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

What Really Happened at the Huxley-Wilberforce Debate?

The stereotype portraying Wilberforce as the pompous bishop rejecting Darwin on theological grounds is easily dispelled. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Fredrik Öhlander via Unsplash.

Dead Pets: PETA’s Astonishing Kill Rate

PETA’s leadership may believe that some animals are better off dead than adopted by households that are non-vegan. Read More ›
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Researchers: Goats Can Read Basic Human Emotions

Readers may wonder at first whether this research was worth doing, but hang on. It turns out that goats can understand basic emotions by voice alone. Read More ›

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