WEIRD ANIMALS
The controversial author on the importance of updating his landmark book on animal liberation, being ‘flexibly vegan’ and the ethical dangers of artificial intelligence for the non-human world. ‘I’ve had to develop a thicker skin’: philosopher Peter Singer. Photograph: Alletta Vaandering – The …
A bumblebee lands on the flowers of a white sloe bush. Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images – By Stephen Buchmann, Adjunct Professor of Entomology and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona – Published: 2023 May 17 – As trees and …
Not just a pretty face: sloths could be superbug secret weapons. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 May 01 – Ever since French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, first described the sloth in 1749, the planet’s slowest moving mammal has had its work …
An artist’s reconstruction of the newly discovered rhynchosaur, Beesiiwo cooowuse, named in the language of the First Nations people indigenous to the area in which it was found. Gabriel Ugueto – By Paul McClure 2023 Apr 27 – Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Study suggests antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth breeds bacteria more resistant to our natural defenses. A strain of E. coli more likely to evade our immune system’s first line of defense emerged as a result of using colistin as a growth promoter …
A female P. regius, another of the keen-sighted North American jumping spiders, which only grows to a maximum 0.87 in (22 mm) in size. Depositphotos View gallery – 3 images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Apr 20 – Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the …
Image of a C. elegans worm genetically engineered to show fluorescence – the green dots are neurons that have responded to cannabinoids. Stacy Levichev/University of Oregon (CC BY-SA) – By Paul McClure 2023 Apr 20 – Researchers got tiny worms high on cannabis to …
Many species of butterflyfish eat coral, but then it turns out they’re more friend than foe. Depositphotos View gallery – 6 images By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Apr 13 – In a surprising twist on ‘What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger’, scientists have discovered …
How did commemorating the Resurrection get tangled up with rabbits and eggs? H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images – Author Molly Jackson, Religion and Ethics Editor Interviewed Brent Landau, Lecturer in Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin Henry Bial, Professor of Theater …
One distinction between a snail and a slug: The snail has a shell. maxphotography/Moment via Getty Images – By John F. Tooker, Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Penn State and by Daniel Bliss, Master’s Student in Entomology, Penn State and by Jared …
