New Books in Animal Studies

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

Books
Science
Philosophy
276
Andrew A. Robichaud, "Animal City: The Domestic...
An interview with Andrew A. Robichaud
52 min
277
Can we Bring Extinct Species Back?: A Conversat...
An interview with Beth Shapiro
40 min
278
Jonathan C. Slaght, "Owls of the Eastern Ice: A...
An interview with C. Slaght
35 min
279
John Hartigan Jr., "Shaving the Beasts: Wild Ho...
An interview with John Hartigan Jr.
60 min
280
M. Chaiklin and P. Gooding, "Animal Trade Histo...
An interview with Martha Chaiklin and Philip Gooding
61 min
281
Louise M. Pryke, "Turtle" (Reaction Books, 2020)
Pryke celebrates the slow and unassuming manner of this doughty creature...
43 min
282
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
283
Rosemary-Claire Collard, "Animal Traffic: Livel...
Collard investigates the multibillion-dollar global exotic pet trade....
82 min
284
Jim Mason, "An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Ou...
Why are we destroying the planet?
85 min
285
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
286
Katja M. Guenther, "The Lives and Deaths of She...
Guenther takes us inside one of the country's highest-intake animal shelters....
81 min
287
Filling the Gaps in Animal Ethics: What Has Bee...
An interview with Judith Benz-Schwarzburg
21 min
288
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
289
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
290
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
291
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
292
Morality in Nature: What Honeybees and Flowers ...
An interview with Christopher Ketcham
15 min
293
Frans de Waal, "Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotion...
de Waal offers a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals,,.
56 min
294
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
295
Jessica Pierce, "Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of ...
A life shared with pets brings many emotions....
70 min
296
Rachel Mundy, "Animal Musicalities: Birds, Beas...
What makes song sparrows, Verdi, medieval monks, and minstrelsy part of the same taxonomy?
81 min
297
Justice to Man’s Best Friend: The Ethics of Com...
An interview with Candace C. Croney
18 min
298
Peter Carruthers, "Human and Animal Minds: The ...
Do nonhuman animals have phenomenally conscious mental states?
60 min
299
Timothy Barnard, "Imperial Creatures: Humans an...
Barnard explores the more-than-human entanglements between empires and the creatures they govern...
41 min
300
Joshua Specht, "Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Ta...
Why do Americans eat so much beef?
27 min