by Duncan | Dec 12, 2018 | Educators, General, Horses
Margaret Winslow—professor emerita of earth sciences at the City College of New York and author, most recently, of “Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature and Rediscover My Own”—recounts her experiences with animals growing up, where the...
by Duncan | Dec 6, 2018 | General
Colleen Plumb—the Chicago-based artist, photographer and videographer, whose work explores the relationships people have with animals (particularly, captive ones)—recounts growing up in the Rogers Park area of Chicago, where her Dad cultivated in her an appreciation...
by Duncan | Nov 28, 2018 | Actors & Filmmakers, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Glen Zipper—the creator and executive producer of “Dogs,” the Netflix six-part documentary series (and whose resume includes producing the Oscar-winning doc “Undefeated”)—recalls growing up in an animal-free household, pets having been declared verboten by his...
by Duncan | Nov 21, 2018 | Authors, Cetaceans, Educators
Dr. Nick Pyenson—the curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, and the author of “Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures”—traces his interest in fossils to his...
by Duncan | Nov 7, 2018 | Advocates, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Wildlife
Keith Wilkins and Melissa Dollard—the Director of Operations and Hospital Supervisor, respectively, at the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary, in Indian Shores, FL that rescues and rehabilitates sick, injured and orphaned wild birds—explain the brief history of the sactuary,...
