Global Animal Welfare

November 10, 2014

Dangerous Religious Thought Can Harm Animals and Society

November 9, 2014

Culture, Science & Tech

How to End Whaling in the Faroe Islands

November 8, 2014

How Drones Are Empowering a New Era of Animal Protection

November 8, 2014

Science & Tech

Ivory Is Not The Reason Elephants are Doomed

November 7, 2014

Chinese culture has a rich history of symbolism and superstition regarding ivory as a most virtuous material which represents purity and innocence. But little regard is paid for the original owner's suffering a...

Greening Urban Design for the Greater Good

November 6, 2014

Does anyone really enjoy the concrete jungle with its unfathomable dull rainbow of grey-scale hues? That's a rhetorical question of course. Look, we're in a bit of a jam here. Sprawling cities have contributed ...

How Small Homes Can Protect Animals

November 6, 2014

You may ask yourself how home size relates to animal and environmental protection. It's a fair question. The connection to animals is more subtle than the obvious green link to sustainability issues like water use, energy efficiency, etc. North American homes ...

How to End Japan’s Whaling and Dolphin Hunt

November 5, 2014

There are five things you need to understand if you want to know how to end Japan's whaling and dolphin hunt permanently and decisively: economy, tourism, nationalism, Shinto and Bushido. Ergo, there are five a...

Australian Idiot Wins Darwin Award Nomination

November 4, 2014

News

Here's some deadly ammunition for the next time you need to ask "Just how stupid can people get?" Meet Harrison Williams, a 26-year-old Australian man who decided jumping into shark-filled water surrounding a m...

Playing With Pigs

November 3, 2014

Science & Tech

Pigs are pretty awesome. And as poignantly pointed out by the Oatmeal, pigs are probably more awesome than you. Studies have illustrated pig's formidable intelligence in the animal kingdom - ranked behind chimps, dolphins, and elephants - so why do we still to...

Could we speak the language of dolphins?

November 3, 2014

Culture, Science & Tech

Did you know dolphins have culture and language? Bottlenose dolphins babysit the children from their neighbors in the Atlantic spotted dolphin community? They use tools, recognize themselves in mirrors, and hav...

10 Tips to Spot a Zombie

November 3, 2014

The walking dead are commonly able to pass as productive members of society. It takes training to spot them as they don't always have missing limbs or flesh peeling from their bones. Often they don't have disco...

The Interspecies Internet

October 31, 2014

Science & Tech

What do dolphin researcher Diana Reiss, musician Peter Gabriel, MIT Internet visionary Neil Gershenfeld and Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet have in common? Give up? They're all interested in interspecies communication. The power quartet got together in...

Eckhart Tolle on Meditation & Cats

October 31, 2014

“I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.” ...

Sam Harris on Progress

October 31, 2014

"We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is hard work to climb down out of the trees, walk upright, and build a viable global...

How We Rescued the Dancing Bears

October 30, 2014

In this video, Kartick Satyanarayan from Wildlife SOS spoke at TEDIndia 2009 in Mysore about their work rescuing Sloth Bears from a long-standing cultural tradition of abuse. The nomadic Qalandar people in India go back to around the thirteenth century when...

How Humans And Animals Can Live Together

October 30, 2014

In this video, Dr. Jane Goodall speaks at TEDGlobal in 2007 about her community projects which are helping people in Africa raise their standard of living while simultaneously protecting animals and the environ...

Kierkegaard on Unhappiness

October 30, 2014

The unhappy person is one who has his ideal, the content of his life, the fullness of his consciousness, the essence of his being, in some manner outside of himself. The unhappy man is always absent from himsel...

Khalil Gibran on Nature

October 30, 2014

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ...

Make the Connection

October 30, 2014

Make the connection. If you haven't yet removed animal products from your life you are causing suffering in the world for the sake of your status and personal gratification. Many still live with and love animal...

Thich Nhat Hanh on Mindfulness

October 30, 2014

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ...

Andras Forgacs | Bioprinting Leather & Meat

October 29, 2014

Lifestyle, Science & Tech

In 2012, it took the growth and slaughter of 60 billion land animals to feed and clothe 7 billion humans. In 30 years, by 2050, the world's human population is likely to hit 10 billion. By today's standards it will take 100 billion land animals to feed and clo...

How Animals Exhibit Morality

October 29, 2014

Ideas, Science & Tech

"If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of fairness, and the other one is empathy and compassion." Dr. Frans de Waal Dr. ...

Colobus Conservation