New Books in Animal Studies

Interviews with scholars and activists on animals and animal-human relations.

Books
Science
Philosophy
276
Matthieu Ricard, "A Plea for the Animals: The M...
An interview with Matthieu Richard
69 min
277
Leigh Claire La Berge, "Wages Against Artwork: ...
An interview with Leigh Claire La Berge
59 min
278
Matthew Gavin Frank, "Flight of the Diamond Smu...
An interview with Matthew Gavin Frank
54 min
279
Kyle Johannsen, "Wild Animal Ethics: The Moral ...
An interview with Kyle Johannsen
67 min
280
Andrew A. Robichaud, "Animal City: The Domestic...
An interview with Andrew A. Robichaud
52 min
281
Can we Bring Extinct Species Back?: A Conversat...
An interview with Beth Shapiro
40 min
282
Jonathan C. Slaght, "Owls of the Eastern Ice: A...
An interview with C. Slaght
35 min
283
John Hartigan Jr., "Shaving the Beasts: Wild Ho...
An interview with John Hartigan Jr.
60 min
284
M. Chaiklin and P. Gooding, "Animal Trade Histo...
An interview with Martha Chaiklin and Philip Gooding
61 min
285
Louise M. Pryke, "Turtle" (Reaction Books, 2020)
Pryke celebrates the slow and unassuming manner of this doughty creature...
43 min
286
Colleen Plumb, "Thirty Times a Minute" (Radius ...
Captive elephants exhibit what biologists refer to as stereotypy, which includes rhythmic rocking, head bobbing, stepping back and forth, and pacing...
95 min
287
Rosemary-Claire Collard, "Animal Traffic: Livel...
Collard investigates the multibillion-dollar global exotic pet trade....
82 min
288
Jim Mason, "An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Ou...
Why are we destroying the planet?
85 min
289
Marisa Anne Bass, "Insect Artifice: Nature and ...
At the book’s center is a neglected treasure of the late Renaissance: the Four Elements manuscripts of Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1600)...
49 min
290
Katja M. Guenther, "The Lives and Deaths of She...
Guenther takes us inside one of the country's highest-intake animal shelters....
81 min
291
Filling the Gaps in Animal Ethics: What Has Bee...
An interview with Judith Benz-Schwarzburg
21 min
292
M. Bekoff and J. Pierce, "The Animals' Agenda: ...
A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf.
62 min
293
I. Newkirk and G. Stone, "Animalkind: Remarkabl...
The founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone explore the wonders of animal life and offer tools for living more kindly toward them....
46 min
294
Gregory Forth, "A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a ...
Based on extensive field research, the book explores the meaning and use of over 500 animal metaphors employed by the Nage...
55 min
295
Ernest Freeberg, "A Traitor to His Species: Hen...
In Gilded Age America, people and animals lived cheek-by-jowl in environments that were dirty and dangerous to man and animal alike...
59 min
296
Morality in Nature: What Honeybees and Flowers ...
An interview with Christopher Ketcham
15 min
297
Frans de Waal, "Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotion...
de Waal offers a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals,,.
56 min
298
Carl Safina, "Becoming Wild: How Animal Culture...
Some people insist that culture is strictly a human accomplishment. What are those people afraid of?
62 min
299
Jessica Pierce, "Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of ...
A life shared with pets brings many emotions....
70 min
300
Rachel Mundy, "Animal Musicalities: Birds, Beas...
What makes song sparrows, Verdi, medieval monks, and minstrelsy part of the same taxonomy?
81 min