The Inner Lives of Animals

Animal Behavior

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on January 13, 2011

Nearly 3,000 Red-winged Blackbirds fell dead from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas on New Year's Eve. 

Health

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on December 14, 2010

Animal Behavior

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on November 17, 2010

Today, rewards offered for a living specimen seem like wishful thinking.

Ethics and Morality

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on October 14, 2010

A few months ago, surfing the television, I happened upon a scene...

Philosophy

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on September 15, 2010

No human enterprise illustrates our deep-seated sense of superiority than the use of animals in product and drug testing.

Intelligence

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on August 18, 2010

 Animal minds made big news this month with Time magazine

Cognition

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on July 20, 2010

Ethics and Morality

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on June 29, 2010

Bias

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on June 12, 2010

As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico hemorrhages toward its third month, there's a big question about which very little is being said...

Animal Behavior

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on May 13, 2010

Media

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on April 28, 2010

Cognition

Jonathan Balcombe Ph.D. on April 19, 2010