Animal Behavior

I put my best friend to sleep last night. Newton was a pug. He wasn't the prettiest, and certainly not the friendliest of dogs. Most of his teeth had rotted away from a lifetime of mouth breathing. And in his last few months he was paralyzed from the waist down. Read More

Human arrogance is exemplified in how Wildlife Services and others treat gray wolves. We kill them, reintroduce them, and kill them again.  Read More

Now a sound and motion detector on your dog's collar, interprets his actions and posts messages about what he is doing on his own twitter account. Read More

Our old brains can pull us back into nature if we allow them to. This connection is good for ecosystems and for all of the animals who live there, including us.  Read More

A decade ago I asked a successful author friend of mine for advice on writing. I had tapped into a mother lode of theories that had me bursting with ideas. I never aimed to be a writer, but what else can you do with all of these things to say? After some desultory career years, I thrilled to have a clear focus. I could write! Read More

Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer's metaphor that equates layoffs with bloodletting is apt in that it draws attention to the cyclical, progressive weakening of a system (Cover Story, February 15th, Newsweek). Based on over 100 million years of experience, honeybees offer another analogy that underscores the point that layoffs are inefficient and just bad business. Read More

 Is captivity driving killer whales mad? Read More

Whales and people should be kept apart.  Read More

I heard a story once about a Native American elder who was asked how she had become so wise, so happy, and so respected. She answered: "In my heart, there are two wolves: a wolf of love and a wolf of hate. It all depends on which one I feed each day." Read More