Animals
![Photo of an adult chimpanzee sitting on grass in a forest with a young chimpanzee clinging to its arm while looking around.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b32cc254-8f7d-4e79-add6-4b51b377cbb3/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Animals
idea
Chimpanzees correct cultural biases about how good mothers behave
A philosopher observes chimpanzee mothers and their infants interact, realising how cultural our ideals of motherhood are
by Maria Botero
![Two ravens perched on a black railing at the Tower of London, with crowds and historic stone buildings in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0fa4c16a-64f7-489a-b6cc-001a3a67a468/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Animals
idea
A basic sense of numbers is shared by countless creatures
Birds, bees, cats and other animals have an ability to use numbers. How can this help us understand people with dyscalculia?
by Brian Butterworth
![Close-up of a green parrot with a red forehead and white around its eyes, looking directly at the camera.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fc8938e6-799c-407c-8a6b-e17b28e9d042/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Wonder and the sublime
film
The search for life beyond Earth is peculiar, from a parrot’s perspective
Directed by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla
![Illustration of animals dressed as humans in a courtroom setting. A lion is the judge, surrounded by various other animal characters.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8bf98c92-afef-403c-87b8-59c616e5e0f2/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Animals
idea
What our use of animal-based slurs and endearments says about us
The image of the adorable kitten and the insult of calling someone a ‘pussy’ have more in common than you might realise
by David Egan
![Silhouettes of people observing and photographing a beluga whale through an aquarium glass in a dimly lit blue environment.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9be7609-5876-4624-a64e-ddddc8e03a71/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Animals
idea
Human exceptionalism imposes horrible costs on other animals
We owe it to other animals and to ourselves to resist human exceptionalism. Accepting their inner lives is the first step
by Barbara J King
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Sacred places
film
From the rhythms of the dying day to a cosmic journey of transformation
Directed by Simon Feat
![A large whale surfacing next to a boat with people in life jackets observing and taking photos on a clear day.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9b6abb7b-cf6a-4e6e-925c-49e0bd02cf3b/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Nature and the environment
idea
Grey whales taught me how to mother, how to endure, how to live
When I was in crisis, grey whales taught me how to mother and how to endure, till I could find my own paths through change
by Doreen Cunningham
![An illustrated medieval courtroom with a sow and piglets on trial, people observing, and officials judging from a raised platform.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3db4ed6d-8a10-406e-8487-eee9daab1327/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Animals
idea
If animals are persons, should they bear criminal responsibility?
Were medieval trials of animal criminals not a sign of backwardness, but in fact strangely progressive?
by Ed Simon
![A man in a cowboy hat sits on a rock watching a horse graze in a misty, sunlit pasture with a fence and hills in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/970f656c-158a-4dd3-b8ae-35146697c25d/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Memoir
film
After a mental health crisis, Karin finds peace among her beloved horses
Directed by Mimi Wilcox and Victor Tadashi Suarez