Back when I was young and stupid, I once spent a restless night huddled in a sleeping bag in the town garbage dump of Nice, France. I remember waking up at four in the morning surrounded by rats as ...

Despite decades of research, scientists were still trying to figure out why rates of malignant cancer do not appear to increase with an animal species' size – a paradox first proposed in 1977 by ...

In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face owls, shotguns, and more poison. As Australia’s ...

In response, mockery or eye-rolling becomes a reflexive, defensive reaction. Dismissing those who choose not to eat meat allows meat-eaters to deflect attention away from the discomfort raised by ...