I’ve always assumed that humans were the only animals to laugh and that the cute noises that dolphins and chimps and friends make are just coincidentally similar to human laughter. I might be wrong, if this finding, described at Animal … Continue reading →

Bought the wifey a new camera a couple of months ago. She has been snapping away in the garden and entered her first contest a couple of weeks ago with this: From hundreds of entries, she made the top ten and, if … Continue reading →

I’m learning, with RadioLab, to speak to the animals. Continue reading →

Think about this when you see chimpanzees drinking tea and playing pianos on TV. Chimps also have, like us, minds enough to lose and memories that can hasten the process. Wild chimps ‘recruited’ by poachers for entertainment watch as their … Continue reading →

The Ranger makes a point that I have made a thousand times, comparing american nature documentaries to British ones: To The Ranger’s British eyes, this American clip seems almost patronising and childish in its presentation. And yet the content is … Continue reading →