Society
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Childhood and adolescence
The unique fellowship between teens and young puffins on a remote Icelandic island
20 minutes
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Animals and humans
Why be dragons? How massive, reptilian beasts entered our collective imagination
58 minutes
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Ecology and environmental sciences
Dominion
To take care of the Earth, humans must recognise that we are both a part of the animal kingdom and its dominant power
Hugh Desmond
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Biology
How the world’s richest reds are derived from an innocuous Mexican insect
5 minutes
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Rituals and celebrations
A whale hunt is an act of prayer for an Inuit community north of the Arctic Circle
8 minutes
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Bioethics
The dangers of AI farming
AI could lead to new ways for people to abuse animals for financial gain. That’s why we need strong ethical guidelines
Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert & Jonathan Birch
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Death
A hunter’s lyrical reflection on the humbling business of being mortal
6 minutes
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Animals and humans
Ant geopolitics
Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own
John Whitfield
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Animals and humans
An animal myself
When we imagine ourselves as another creature, we become more attuned to the world around us – and better at being human
Erica Berry
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Ecology and environmental sciences
From helicopter flybys to trail cameras, there’s no one way to count a wolf
8 minutes
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Animals and humans
An artist and ants collaborate on an exhibit of ‘tiny Abstract Expressionist paintings’
5 minutes
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Sleep and dreams
How might the dreamworlds of other animals differ from our own?
8 minutes
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Animals and humans
Scientists brought a wild horse back from extinction. But is it truly the same animal?
5 minutes
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Death
Toby ponders the inner lives of the sheep that roam atop his parents’ graves
6 minutes
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Animals and humans
The free dogs of India
These canines have independent, peaceful, happy lives without a pet’s constraints. Why are they being persecuted and culled?
Krithika Srinivasan & Chris Pearson
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Architecture
Modern architecture should embrace – not ignore or repel – the nonhuman world
8 minutes
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Biology
Octopus time
We humans are forward-facing, gravity-bound plodders. Can the liquid motion of the octopus radicalise our ideas about time?
David Borkenhagen
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Earth science and climate
The return of silvopasture
This ancient practice, nurturing animals and trees in an ecological system, fights climate change and restores the land
Liz Carlisle & Niki Mazaroli
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Animals and humans
Where went the wolf?
The very attributes that make small dogs cute and popular are slowly strangling their ability to function as real animals
Jessica Pierce
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Animals and humans
Laura fights to protect the magnificence of wild horses running free
6 minutes
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Computing and artificial intelligence
What has feelings?
As the power of AI grows, we need to have evidence of its sentience. That is why we must return to the minds of animals
Kristin Andrews & Jonathan Birch
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Ethics
If not vegan, then what?
A vegan diet can be hard to adopt, even if you’re convinced it’s the right thing to do. What are the next-best options?
Peter Godfrey-Smith
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Animals and humans
What happened when one woman raised an abandoned squirrel as her own
8 minutes
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Animals and humans
Goodbye Pixel
Although it felt more like bereavement for a person than the loss of a thing, the death of a pet isn’t exactly like either
Julian Baggini