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An adult chimpanzee sitting on grass in a forest with a young chimpanzee clinging to its arm while looking around.

Animals

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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.

Animals

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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

Painting of a cat lying by a window with blue shutters, with a red and purple sky with the moon in the distance

Sacred places

film

From the rhythms of the dying day to a cosmic journey of transformation

Directed by Simon Feat

Silhouettes of people observing and photographing a beluga whale through an aquarium glass in a dimly lit blue environment.

Animals

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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

Illustration of animals in human clothing in a courtroom setting. A lion is the judge, and a man is questioning a donkey in the dock, surrounded by other animals.

Animals

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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

Close-up of a green parrot with a red forehead and white around its eyes, looking directly at the camera.

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

An illustrated medieval courtroom with a sow and piglets on trial, people observing, and officials judging from a raised platform.

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 large whale surfacing next to a boat with people in life jackets observing and taking photos on a clear day.

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

A person 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.

Memoir

film

After a mental health crisis, Karin finds peace among her beloved horses

Directed by Mimi Wilcox and Victor Tadashi Suarez