What do you think you are? Part two

Africa's 250 million nomadic herders, or pastoralists, are the invisible keystone of the continent's food system. They provide 50% of Africa's meat and 75% of its milk, moving livestock across vast rangelands in response to seasons, weather and grazing patterns that have sustaine ...  Show more

On Christmas Day 2025, the US carried out missile strikes on suspected Islamist militants in Nigeria. They came after President Trump said he would intervene to protect Christians amid controversial claims of a “Christian genocide” in the country. The Nigerian government rejects ...  Show more

What exactly it means to be conscious has long been a question of profound debate amongst philosophers, and more recently, scientists. There are no easy answers, and it gets even trickier when you start asking whether animals are conscious: how can you find out about their sub ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could talk to animals? What if it was actually possible? Access Consciousness offers a class called Talk to the Animals, in which you can learn what it is to have a different connection with animals. Suzy Godsey teaches this cla ...  Show more

Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton UP, 2022) brings together behavioral and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dr ...  Show more

Capacité de se mettre à la place des autres, et d'en comprendre les émotions, l'empathie semblait un sentiment réservé à l'espèce humaine. Or, nombre d'études montrent que les animaux semblent en être doués eux aussi.

Des animaux attentifs aux autres

Les no ...