Some of The Things I Have Gotten Wrong
As a regular reader, you might know that Tet Zoo has been going for over nine years now. I've written about a lot of stuff, I’ve been intrigued and enthused by a substantial number of animals and animal-themed topics, and I’ve been attracted to a variety of controversial ideas and claimed discoveries.
Behind the Scenes at Scientific American MIND’s May/June Cover Shoot!
The May/June cover is a first for Scientific American MIND in that it features our first non-human cover boy - a very handsome 5 year old Border Collie named Ten!
Dog Physics: How Your Pet Solves Its Drinking Problem [VIDEO]
Dogs are sloppy drinkers for a good reason: They splash water up because they cannot suck like people.
Conservation Concerns for South America's Remarkable Endemic Dogs
Last year the Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia volume titled Extinct Life appeared in print. I was asked to cover South American mammals, perhaps because they wanted me to write about borhyaenoids, toxodonts, litopterns, astrapotheres and so on (some of which have been covered on Tet Zoo in the past - I really need to get back [...]
Do You Know a Fat Dog When You See One?
We've all met dogs with a small head and large body who bear a striking resemblance to the people with shrunken heads from the movie Beetlejuice.
Nice Grill: You Look Like Your Car (and Your Car Looks Like Your Dog)
Photograph by Glen Mitchell In a recent article over at Slate, I reviewed an astonishing new set of findings from Japan showing that subjects can correctly match people to their pets when given only a paucity of physical cues.
Nice Grill: You Look Like Your Car (and Your Car Looks Like Your Dog)
In a recent article over at Slate, I reviewed an astonishing new set of findings from Japan showing that subjects can correctly match people to their pets when given only a paucity of physical cues.
Dogs Sniff Out Clues to Cancer
Dogs play a crucial role in human cancer research. More young scientists and physicians should know this, says Floryne O. Buishand, a Young Scientist at the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
Changing Smell of Corpses Measures Time of Death
Aromatic chemicals released by dead bodies change at certain times, and this can help forensic scientists and train cadaver sniffing dogs
Male and Female Voices: Can Dogs Tell?
After glancing at the people in the photo above, what did you think? Perhaps you just thought ‘four people’, or ‘older people’, but it’s likely if I asked you to describe it you would say, ‘two men, two women’.
Disneyesque Dog Portrayals Sell Canines Short
In 1996, veteran dog trainer Jean Donaldson picked a fight with Walt Disney. Donaldson begins her book Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Dogs by explaining that people continue to buy into a made-up, Walt Disney version of dogs.
Are Pets Good for Kids?
People overwhelmingly believe that having pets is overall a good thing for children. Indeed, a 2003 paper by developmental psychologist Gail F.