There’s no scientific basis for the view that lab dogs are inherently different from pets, or that they were somehow not ...

In an ever-changing world it is essential to celebrate her astonishing lifetime of science, advocacy, humanitarianism, hope, ...

Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado and a former Guggenheim Fellow. Dr. Bekoff has published more than 500 scientific and popular essays ...

Marc Bekoff, a University of Colorado professor emeritus of biology whose research includes the study of animal minds, will give a free presentation in Longmont next week. Bekoff’s presentation, ...

Given my own background in animal behavior and cognitive ethology, I’ve written about goodness and empathy and its relationship to fairness and moral behavior from the nonhuman animal’s point of view ...

Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of ...

Dr. Rebecca Niemiec (pronounced “Knee-Mick”), Assistant Professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department at Colorado State University, was recently appointed manager of Colorado’s ...

A collaborator with legendary primatologist Jane Goodall and the 2000 winner of the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society, author and Colorado University professor Bekoff (The Emotional ...

Any dog owner knows that her own pet has feelings, but what evidence exists beyond the anecdotal, and what does this evidence teach us? Bekoff, professor emeritus of biology at the University of ...

Marc Bekoff, an American Jewish biologist and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has studied coyotes, dogs, penguins, fish, grosbeaks, and jays to understand their thoughts and ...

What’s the difference between dogs and cats? Dogs say “These people feed me. They must be god!” Cats say “These people feed me. I must be god!” The joke contains a furball of truth: Compared to cats, ...