Skepticism and science: Responsibilities of the comparative nutritionist

Abstract 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:53.3.CO;2-Z Comparative nutritionists are asked to formulate diets for over 3,000 species of animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. Little research has been conducted to provide an information base for this task, and both popular and scientific publications contain factual errors and irrational concepts that confuse the user. When data are […]

Animal Studies: An Introduction

This interdisciplinary introduction to the emerging field of Animal Studies addresses multiple academic disciplines in order to foreground both the nonhuman animals themselves and the imagination-based and ethics-driven features of human life needed for us to consider our inevitable intersection with the living beings outside our own species. To present the full story of how […]