Hunted nearly to extinction by white hunters, bison numbered only about two dozen inside Yellowstone in 1902. Today the herd consists of about 4,800. (Andrew Geiger) Fascinating article by Richard Grant, photographs by Andrew Geiger for the Smithsonian Magazine. Read their full piece here.
Sask. researchers explore impacts of human-animal bond on inmates in new magazine — Regina Leader-Post
Physically deformed because of his crimes, it's difficult for this particular inmate to interact with people without fear of judgement. Read More via Sask. researchers explore impacts of human-animal bond on inmates in new magazine — Regina Leader-Post
Somerset human remains ‘as old as Cheddar Man’ — BBC News – Science & Environment
The remains, initially thought to be Roman, were mislaid soon after being found in the 1960s. via Somerset human remains 'as old as Cheddar Man' — BBC News - Science & Environment
Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own — News : NPR
Primatologist Frans de Waal believes that the way humans experience emotion is not unique: "That's a spectrum of behavior that we have, and the same thing is true for many other species."(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images) via Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own — News : NPR
Q&A with Charmaine Pedrozo: Studying Emotional Responses to Wildlife — The Jaguar
A Q&A with the intelligent and charming Charmaine Pedrozo, who is studying people’s emotional responses to wildlife as part of her master’s thesis. via Q&A with Charmaine Pedrozo: Studying Emotional Responses to Wildlife — The Jaguar
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Damian Carrington as published on The Guardian The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilization, say the world’s leading scientists Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now …
BBC News: The first people who populated the Americas
The first people who populated the Americas - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170328-the-first-people-who-populated-the-americas
The Story We Don’t Talk About: On Irishness, Immigration, and Race
By Maeve Higgins In January of 2014, a girl who had left from Cobh in Ireland (formerly known as Queenstown) journeyed across the Atlantic, and skipped rosy-cheeked off an airplane at John F. Kennedy Airport to start her new life. That was me, compensating for my indoor ghost face with too much blush in a …
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What does it mean to be human?
By Martha C. Nussbaum from The New York Times, The Big Ideas - Opinion Over time, the idea of “being human” has surely meant — and will continue to mean — many things. There is and has never been just one answer. But surely one thing it ought to involve today is the ability to …
All life on Earth, in one staggering chart
From Vox "All life on Earth, in one chart What you’ll see below is a kind of tower of life. Each large block of this tower represents a gigaton of life, and the blocks are grouped into broad kingdoms. There are the protists (think microscopic life like amoebae), archaea (single-celled organisms somewhat similar to bacteria), …
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